August 17, 2016
Notes & calculations from the Sun Dive video
In case you're interested, here are some calculations and things I did as prep/research for the "Hitting the sun is HARD" video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttrplb41wcv3v4l/%20Orbital%20mechanics%20calculations.pdf?dl=0
Comments (3)
P
Patrick W. Gilmore · August 18, 2016
It blows my mind that it is easier to fly to the outer solar system then back to the sun rather than just "fall" into the thing with 99.9% of all the mass in the solar system. Gravity is weiiiiiiiird.
N
Nuno Tiago · August 18, 2016
As a physicist myself I found this video so damn cool, I'd never actually thought about it in depth :) Thanks!!
H
Henry Reich · August 18, 2016
Yeah, I knew it was hard to get to the sun but until I actually did the calculations I didn't realize HOW hard