kgwgk 15 hours ago

Sometimes they don’t make it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungrazing_comet

https://www.space.com/8478-comet-collision-sun-captured-3.ht...

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  • Gravityloss 8 hours ago

    Yea and those happen when other forces than gravity come into play. When matter starts colliding.

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    • kgwgk 5 hours ago

      Every object has been subject to forces other gravity at some point.

      And the point is that sometimes comets do indeed fall into the Sun. If you object to people calling that a comet that’s fine - we can use whatever name you want.

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      • Gravityloss 3 hours ago

        The point is that the gravity interactions are time reversible. Not so with friction etc.

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        • kgwgk 3 hours ago

          Sure, nothing in the laws of physics prevents a celestial body from distancing itself from the Sun or from the Moon. But it would like suspicious! Wouldn't you suspect that you were watching a reversed video?

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