Isn’t the 3 body problem (sun, Earth, Moon) very difficult to solve? How did humans predict future eclipses decades even centuries ago?

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Isn’t the 3 body problem (sun, Earth, Moon) very difficult to solve? How did humans predict future eclipses decades even centuries ago?

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I think it solved 2 Millenia ago according to this video. It gets into the nitty gritty. I’m not much of a geometry math guy so it’s mostly over my head. Interesting video though

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