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Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
- rbanffy 2y agoHaving something with so much rotating mass near your home planet is very convenient to do gravity assists out of your solar system. I would prefer them to be on longer orbits though as these orbit too close for comfort. In a couple decades we'll have enough data to characterise wobbles with longer periods, marking companions orbiting from much more comfortable (to us rock huggers) distances. Anyone wants to run the numbers of the delta-V's you could get from a neutron star before you are spaghettified?
- ahazred8ta 2y agoWhen you're about 2000 km from a neutron star, the tidal effect is 1 G per meter. Above 5 G's per meter you have life-threatening medical problems, and around 100 you'd be physically pulled apart.
- rbanffy 2y agoOk. So let’s keep our spaceships at a safer distance. Still probably good enough to launch at a sizeable fraction of the speed of light only needing the propellant to brake. Sounds like prime real estate to me.