This simulation makes you wonder: could the Solar System be unstable? Will a planet eventually be thrown out of the Solar System? People have done a lot of work on this problem. It's hard. The Solar System is chaotic in a number of ways.... (1/n)https://twitter.com/simon_tardivel/status/1215728659010670594 …
-
-
In 2008, Laskar and Gastineau simulated 2500 futures for the Solar System, changing the initial position of Mercury by about 1 meter. In 20 cases, Mercury went into a dangerous orbit! Often it collided with Venus or the Sun - but in one case it made Mars hit the Earth. (8/n)
Prikaži ovu nit -
But here's the good news: the work of Laskar and Gastineau - and also another team - shows that nothing dramatic should happen to the planets' orbits for the next billion years. So we can worry about other things. (9/n)
Prikaži ovu nit -
In the *really* long term, most of the stars in the Milky Way will be ejected. Through random encounters, individual stars will pick up enough speed to reach escape velocity. The whole Galaxy will slowly "boil away". It will dissipate in about 10^19 years. (10/n, n = 10)
Prikaži ovu nit
Kraj razgovora
Novi razgovor -
Čini se da učitavanje traje već neko vrijeme.
Twitter je možda preopterećen ili ima kratkotrajnih poteškoća u radu. Pokušajte ponovno ili potražite dodatne informacije u odjeljku Status Twittera.