Re:A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the ne...
by a1369209993 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:51PM
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Technically? Yes! Incoming gravitational radiation of precisely the correct shape will in fact un-decay a orbit under exactly the same (modulo appropiate symmetries) circumstances as a orbit would decay by emitting (the reverse of) that radiation. (The same applies to thermal radiation cooling things off - see Liouville's Theorem.)
For practical purposes, that'll never happen, but for practical purposes gravitation radiation doesn't matter anyway.
For practical purposes, that'll never happen, but for practical purposes gravitation radiation doesn't matter anyway.