File: Planets at moon's distance.swf-(3.87 MB, 1024x576, Other)
[_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)07:19:50 No.2962216
Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)07:25:48 No.2962222
I feel actual fear as Jupiter shows up.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)09:01:49 No.2962238
>>2962222
Same. That's some end of the world shit right there.
>tfw playing space engine for the first time and realizing just how large the universe is
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)09:44:05 No.2962253
>no uranus
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)10:01:08 No.2962258
So how does the Earth revolve around itself
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)10:02:23 No.2962259
>>2962258
Giant mirror
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)10:39:02 No.2962273
>>2962258
Earth's barycenter isn't at the center of the planet because the moon and the rest of the solar
system tug on it.
So the earth wobbles as it spins and it spins because of a giant impact event several billion
years ago which created the moon
As the moon flies away from the earth, bit by bit, it slows the earth's rotation down, like a
windup toy
In 13 billion years the moon will finally finish drifting away from the earth, but by then the
sun will have gone and turned into a red supergiant and consumed the planet as it dies.
Life on earth has about 1-3 billion years left before the sun's solar output increases (on its
way to supergiant phase) and turns the planet into a scorched barren desert.
That's okay though because in about 3 trillion years the last star will die anyways after all
existing gas has been exhausted and a few hundred trillion years after that there will only be
transient radiation and black holes.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)10:47:06 No.2962278
>>2962273
And even then the black holes would eventually disappear
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)11:49:23 No.2962301
I was actually expecting OP's mom to orbit by, or dickbutt.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)11:59:39 No.2962304
>>2962216
Does this actually surprise anyone? Learn some space facts god damn.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)12:14:34 No.2962311
>>2962222
Yeah, even though I know what to expect it makes me feel really queasy. Warping close to planets
in eve does it too.
>>2962304
That's exactly what this is for. Some people don't, and if it weren't for this even less would.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)12:54:01 No.2962330
What's with the stressful music? I get it the planets are big, but jupiter isn't a fucking evil
monster.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)12:58:15 No.2962332
That was kinda cool
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)13:01:25 No.2962335
>>2962330
I think if it was that close, it's gravity would suck us in.. I could be wrong though
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)13:07:40 No.2962338
>>2962335
Depends on the velocity of the orbit. Our immediate problem would be tides.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)13:22:15 No.2962343
The perspective of this is actually wrong, see the original source about it: https://vimeo.com/192
31255
>NOTE: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO DOES NOT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE NIGHT SKY, or at least it doesn't
anymore. I've updated the video to omit the foreground landscape in an effort to account for an
error in perspective. Unfortunately, due to my error, websites are widely reporting that Jupiter
would fill the entire night sky, but it wouldn't. What's depicted here is a much narrower
perspective than the previously mentioned 62 degrees, something that I imagine could be
calculated by people much brighter than I. I imagine this view is closer to what you'd see
through some very weak binoculars, but that's just a guess. For a somewhat technical explanation
of what was wrong with the original version of this video, and what that realization can teach us
about skepticism, please read the following: bradblogspeed.com/im-bad-at-math
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)13:31:38 No.2962347
>>2962335
The Jupiter/Earth Roche Limit is about 55,000km. It would be possible to form a stable orbit
around Jupiter given the right conditions, but the radiation from Jupiter and tidal forces would
certainly fuck any chance of sustaining a biosphere.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)13:37:24 No.2962348
>>2962330
There's such a thing called Megalophobia
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)13:52:12 No.2962357
>>>2962222
>>2962238
I felt sick and wanted to start crying when Jupiter was coming. I know what would happen.
>>2962330
It IS an evil fucking monster. Read up on Jupiter. Gravity so strong, nothing can make even
halfway to the surface without being crushed and compacted. Diamonds are literally flying around
Jupiter because the heat and pressure are so great.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)14:04:24 No.2962363
>>2962357
Jupiter is total bro and protects us from asteroids though.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)14:30:04 No.2962381
>>2962357
When you have a gigantic radioactive bear roaming the area around your home, you want it to stay
out there eating muggers, not making itself cozy in your front yard eyeing your dog with hungry
eyes from the other side of the window.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)14:36:57 No.2962392
Needs more Majora's Mask moon.
>> [_] Anonymous 11/27/15(Fri)15:02:41 No.2962400
I can't imgaine how crazy the world would be if we could see another inhabited planet from where
our's is. Like, thousands of years people would look into the sky and think "One day we'll come
for them cunts"
