• ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Thats inefficient, you dont need to cancel the angular momentum as there was no time limit on how long it takes rhe child to enter the sun and there also was not a specified required trajectory. The child can just spiral into the sun

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      9 months ago

      Right, I wanted to ask: is that actually the minimum energy to make the child reach the sun? What’s the minimum energy to launch something so it reaches the sun?