Re: APOD: Driving to the Sun (2020 Oct 03)
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:41 pm
neufer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:39 amIf the Sun was a point gravitational source an object at 1 AU with zero angular velocity would take (1/2)(5/2) years ~ 64 days to drop to the Sun based upon a Keplerian ellipse with semi major axis of (1/2) AU. So think about 2 months.praxnex@gmail.com wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:37 pm
Would gravity decrease time by accelerating car toward sun?
It takes an object at 1 AU with zero angular velocity
{ (1/2)(5/2) - 1/[3π (2 x 2003)(1/2)] } years
~ 64.55 days to drop to the Sun's surface.
{ (1/2)(5/2) - 1/[3π (2 x 2003)(1/2)] } years
~ 64.55 days to drop to the Sun's surface.