Talk:Klemperer rosette

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[edit] Are Klemperer Rosettes stable?

Maybe it's obvious from context, but it doesn't say anywhere in the article that Klemperer rosettes are stable. Also, why are they stable, when ordinary equal-mass rosettes are not? Is there a Copernicus out there that could provide an elementary explanation? --Chetvorno 09:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

• In general, they could not be stable. Consider the illustrated Rosette, and let the mass of the small planets go to 0; the configuration will reduce to an equilateral triangle. As described in the second section, those are not stable, and thus a general Rosette can not be stable. Majromax (talk) 22:29, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Why is it called Klemperer's? Who was Klemperer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.144.72 (talk) 02:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)