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The Physics of Trying to Crash Into the Sun (www.wired.com)

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links to some interesting video. I think I had 1 chapter on orbital dynamics in school. good explanation of why it's not really as simple as dropping it in. probably old news to most.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

you are already constantly falling around the sun. No effort needed. If you want to stop orbiting (fall "down" instead of sideways) you need to negate the speed you already have. Otherwise you'd just keep doing the same thing we all already are: falling around, but not into, the sun