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Added 'around' - avoid confusion with the cube orbiting
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edit approved Dec 8, 2017 at 16:15
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Could you stably orbit around a square (cubic) body? Would the orbit destabilize automatically if not corrected by input?

Given that the cubic body is of homogeneous mass (say Iron) and we want to start with the best possible orbit and input nothing afterwards, could something orbit athis cubic body stably?

Could you stably orbit a square (cubic) body? Would the orbit destabilize automatically if not corrected by input?

Given that the cubic body is of homogeneous mass (say Iron) and we want to start with the best possible orbit and input nothing afterwards, could something orbit a cubic body stably?

Could you stably orbit around a square (cubic) body? Would the orbit destabilize automatically if not corrected by input?

Given that the cubic body is of homogeneous mass (say Iron) and we want to start with the best possible orbit and input nothing afterwards, could something orbit this cubic body stably?

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Could you stably orbit a square (cubic) body? Would the orbit destabilize automatically if not corrected by input?

Given that the cubic body is of homogeneous mass (say Iron) and we want to start with the best possible orbit and input nothing afterwards, could something orbit a cubic body stably?