• @[email protected]
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    1122 years ago

    All the planets in the solar system can fit in the space between the Earth and the Moon

    • @owenfromcanada
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      82 years ago

      But putting them there is almost definitely a bad idea.

    • darcy
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      -42 years ago

      this is actually a misconception! the gravity of the planets combined would cause them all to crash into each other!

      • @Donebrach
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        262 years ago

        This is a simple statement that the space between the earth and the moon can allow for the diameters of each planet to fit in between. Obviously it is not saying that such an arrangement would be stable for said astronomical bodies. Not at all “a misconception.”

      • @shashi154263
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        62 years ago

        Wouldn’t that take even lesser space?

        • darcy
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          22 years ago

          yes but we would all die (due to planet exploding)

          • @[email protected]
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            12 years ago

            “There’s nothing more we can do. I’m calling it. He’s gone. Time of death, 03:39. Cause of death: planet exploding.”

      • @sparr
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        32 years ago

        Now you have me wondering if there’s any combination of paths that would have them all pass through that alignment and continue on their way after slingshotting around each other. And, if not, how many bodies could do that.

        • @[email protected]
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          52 years ago

          I just did a simulation with representative bodies that included spheroid objects of varying densities to approximate the makeup of the major solar bodies and all the fruit bounced everywhere and the lady behind the counter is really upset now.