Notes & calculations from the Sun Dive video
Added 2016-08-17 21:57:20 +0000 UTCIn case you're interested, here are some calculations and things I did as prep/research for the "Hitting the sun is HARD" video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttrplb41wcv3v4l/%20Orbital%20mechanics%20calculations.pdf?dl=0
Comments
Yeah, I knew it was hard to get to the sun but until I actually did the calculations I didn't realize HOW hard
Henry Reich
2016-08-18 17:17:31 +0000 UTCIt blows my mind that it is easier to fly to the outer solar system then back to the sun rather than just "fall" into the thing with 99.9% of all the mass in the solar system. Gravity is weiiiiiiiird.
Patrick W. Gilmore
2016-08-18 16:55:02 +0000 UTCAs a physicist myself I found this video so damn cool, I'd never actually thought about it in depth :) Thanks!!
Nuno Tiago
2016-08-18 00:19:09 +0000 UTC
