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50 kilometers ... hmm ... how big must a stray celestial body bee to severely disturb the longterm stability of the solar system?
by jonsen 14y ago
50 kilometers ... hmm ... how big must a stray celestial body bee to severely disturb the longterm stability of the solar system?
- x03 14y agoOf planeraty size and mass.
- manaskarekar 14y agoOr how fast.
- popopje 14y agoanything bigger than bumble.
- 30thElement 14y agoAssuming Mars and the comet are perfectly round and have the same density, this comet will change the speed of Mars by about 0.004 feet per year, or about a quadrillionth of it's current speed. A body large enough and fast enough to destabilize a planets orbit (in the short term) would have a pretty good chance of breaking the planet into pieces.