Re:Relativistic Spaceship
by eru on Monday February 05, 2024 @08:25PM
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It doesn't matter whether we can see those dark orbiting bodies: we observe minuscule gravitational impact on the stars, and that places a very sharp upper limit on the amount of mass that's outside of the star in a solar system.
The sun contains roughly 99.8% of the mass of the solar system, and is by far the largest object in it. But you wouldn't hit the sun randomly either. Space is just so damn large.
The sun contains roughly 99.8% of the mass of the solar system, and is by far the largest object in it. But you wouldn't hit the sun randomly either. Space is just so damn large.