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Not velocity - momentum is what is conserved. So the black hole could have absorbed the equal and opposite momentum, but being more massive, not gained much ve
by phaedrus 7y ago
Not velocity - momentum is what is conserved. So the black hole could have absorbed the equal and opposite momentum, but being more massive, not gained much velocity. Or, a hypothetical scenario in separating the two it could have flung them in opposite directions, in which case it would be net zero momentum. (But I don't know if - and kind of doubt whether - that is a possible outcome of a three-body interaction.)
- glaberficken 7y agorelevant: Factual explanation of the 3 body problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem And the 1st book of an (excellent) si-fi triology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)