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by dgfl 64 days ago
Yes, this is a fair point. I agree that orbital mechanics is trivially easy compared to everything else. The chances of a math mistake in particular are null, these trajectories have all been calculated years in advance.
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The lumpiness of the moon's gravity is not well mapped out.
It is now better mapped after the GRAIL mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_...