Geek Fact for March 3rd

By Judy Novotny / 03/03/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1838, astronomer George W. Hill was born.

His calculation of the effects of the planets on the moon’s motion was a particular case of the famous three-body problem, which dates back to Isaac Newton.

Learn more at http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/George_William.aspx

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Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.