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Hitting the Sun is HARD

minutephysics · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Space exploration & spaceflightFundamental physics

What it is

A three-minute minutephysics video on the orbital mechanics of why crashing into the Sun takes far more energy than leaving the solar system.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it as the quick explanation of why you cannot just throw things into the Sun.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's easier to throw the garbage out of the solar system than it is to descend into the Sun.”

    Explains delta-v needed to descend into the Sun.

    whoopdedo, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Emitters’”

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Topics: delta-v, sun, solar system, space travel, minutephysics

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