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Would it still be travelling too fast to be captured if it hit the sun directly?
by pqh 9y ago
Would it still be travelling too fast to be captured if it hit the sun directly?
- JshWright 9y agoIt would cease to exist in that case...
- macintux 9y agoIs something technically captured by a gravity well if it just happens to hit the object at the center? I assume not.
- isoprophlex 9y agoAt the very least, I'd say that... after collision, assuming complete coalescence into the object, they will share identical orbital parameters
- eru 9y agoNo, but that's exceedingly unlikely. Even the sun is a very tiny target.