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I'm not sure... I think it might cancel perfectly. I'd have to do the integral to make sure, but at least conceptually if you bisect the sun in half in any dire
by wyager 9y ago
I'm not sure... I think it might cancel perfectly. I'd have to do the integral to make sure, but at least conceptually if you bisect the sun in half in any diresction, the net momentum flux is equal in both directions. That's only if the interior of the sphere is dark; I don't know how elastic reflections would figure in to this.
- Filligree 9y agoReflections make everything harder, but I think you're right. The situation seems isomorphic to the calculations that prove it's gravitationally astable.
- taneq 9y agoHmm. I think you're right - the fact that it's a closed surface means you can discard all that inverse-squared-law stuff and just go with conservation of momentum. Darn.