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I'm unclear about how they are spiraling towards each other at 370 mi/s, just 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance apart, yet will take 900,000 years to merge. Can anyon
by jevinskie 15y ago
I'm unclear about how they are spiraling towards each other at 370 mi/s, just 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance apart, yet will take 900,000 years to merge. Can anyone clarify that?
- tmhedberg 15y agoThey aren't moving directly toward each other at that rate; they are orbiting each other at that rate, and very gradually moving closer.