Posted by: Garfunkel
« on: February 09, 2017, 10:22:55 AM »I could create a disaster scenario for that to happen to the Earth - wouldn't be very hard to do.Yes please!
I could create a disaster scenario for that to happen to the Earth - wouldn't be very hard to do.Yes please!
Speaking of which, it would be cool if we have eccentric orbit planets that are on eventual death spirals into the sun.
Speaking of which, it would be cool if we have eccentric orbit planets that are on eventual death spirals into the sun.Would certainly make a cool scenario for planet evacuation/astroengineering.
most of those are in a terminal death spiral, which is extremely eccentric and elliptical. Those who don't burn up generally won't come back for thousands of years, only a few hundred comets out of possibly trillions actually are known as periodic, ie their orbit is stable enough and they will return regularly.Speaking of which, it would be cool if we have eccentric orbit planets that are on eventual death spirals into the sun.
Because its orbit is circular and orbits for newly aquired bodies are almost always higly-eccentric.I would point out that all bodies in our solar system have eccentric/elliptical orbits but is perfectly circular in the game, so I will. All bodies in our solar system have eccentric/elliptical orbits but they are perfectly circular in the game, except comets because reasons.
Why does it specifically have to be there for billions of years beforehand and not achieving orbit a few decades before you discover it?Because its orbit is circular and orbits for newly aquired bodies are almost always higly-eccentric.
Yeah, but what's the chance that such objects would stay there through the billions of years while other, more massive stars, are flying aroung?Why does it specifically have to be there for billions of years beforehand and not achieving orbit a few decades before you discover it?
A star's gravity exerts its influence on stars lightyears away. Even a "low mass" star is able to capture objects at 10x the distance of Pluto.Yeah, but what's the chance that such objects would stay there through the billions of years while other, more massive stars, are flying aroung?