Cluster Cracks Jupiter's Moons

YourHero writes: "Using the 256-cpu/500MHz Velocity I Cluster (64 Dell PowerEdge boxes installed Aug 1999) Cornell researchers have explained some of the wild moon orbits around Jupiter by running a 1-billion-year simulation. Abstract , abstract (presented at AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences), and news coverage [spaceflight now]. I saw no information on run time, but Aug 1999-present represents an upper limit somewhat short of 1 billion years."