> So just like a space probe would drop into the sun if it got too close The probability for this to happen is actually quite low, ie. it's suprisingly hard to

> So just like a space probe would drop into the sun if it got too close The probability for this to happen is actually quite low, ie. it's suprisingly hard to "hit" the sun. The reason is that unless you put the probe on a completely straight path to the sun (which is hard because the sun is so small in terms of its solid angle on the sky), it will have some angular momentum and probably spin around the sun and come right back (more or less).