Sujet : Re: The Age of Fighting Sail in S P A C E !!
De : psperson (at) *nospam* old.netcom.invalid (Paul S Person)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 01. Dec 2024, 17:22:45
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On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 06:19:17 -0000 (UTC),
davidd02@tpg.com.au (David
Duffy) wrote:
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
The only way to prevent it would be for the gas cloud to rotate
as if it were a solid object, with the highest speeds at the outer
edge, and the planets embedded in the cloud like raisins.
But that would mean that beyond a certain point, the gas molecules
would exceed solar escape velocity, and be lost. Also, objects in
orbits just don't act that way,
Surely a suitable distribution of dark matter could help here :)
Possibly.
If it actually exists and isn't just thought to be there to "save the
appearances".
-- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,Who evil spoke of everyone but God,Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"