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Ok, external perturbation, got it. Yeah, that makes sense. Otherwise it would just very slowly spiral in, due to losses from general relativity.
by Florin_Andrei 5y ago
Ok, external perturbation, got it.
Yeah, that makes sense. Otherwise it would just very slowly spiral in, due to losses from general relativity.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoYep, and loss of angular momentum due to it being carried away by gravity waves would probably take many trillions of years, I would guess.