Scientists just solved a tricky asteroid-hopping spacecraft riddle
Plotting the optimal trajectory to visit multiple asteroids is a fiendishly difficult take on the Traveling Salesperson problem, but a new mathematical approach has succeeded in solving it.
Astrobitica
May 19, 2026 (Last updated: May 19, 2026) 1 minute read
Plotting the optimal trajectory to visit multiple asteroids is a fiendishly difficult take on the Traveling Salesperson problem, but a new mathematical approach has succeeded in solving it.