The authors ran a general relativity model on the Solar System extrapolated 5 billion years out. For each run, they changed the initial size of Mercury's orbit by a few millimeters. Since the Solar System is chaotic, this is enough to produce some spectacularly different outcomes
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The upshot is—don't trust Mercury, especially when it's in retrograde. In many of these scenarios it gets pulled into a highly eccentric orbit by Jupiter, and then crashes into Venus or into the Sun. Add this to your list of anxieties if you feel optimistic about life extension.
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I would like to hear from professional astrologers about the implications of Mercury falling into the Sun, or Venus and Earth swapping orbits. How would this affect your work? Have a plan.
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um, “mars may eventually come to us” is an absolutely terrifying sentence.
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Wait… So it’s Mars that’s in retrograde?
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Be really easy.
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