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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

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darcy@sh.itjust.works
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this is actually a misconception! the gravity of the planets combined would cause them all to crash into each other!

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Donebrach@lemmy.world
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This is a simple statement that the space between the earth and the moon can allow for the diameters of each planet to fit in between. Obviously it is not saying that such an arrangement would be stable for said astronomical bodies. Not at all “a misconception.”

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snctfd@lemmy.ml
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further proof that /j is always necessary, no matter how obvious the joke

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shashi154263@lemmy.world
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Wouldn’t that take even lesser space?

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darcy@sh.itjust.works
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yes but we would all die (due to planet exploding)

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rmuk@feddit.uk
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“There’s nothing more we can do. I’m calling it. He’s gone. Time of death, 03:39. Cause of death: planet exploding.”

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sparr@lemmy.world
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Now you have me wondering if there’s any combination of paths that would have them all pass through that alignment and continue on their way after slingshotting around each other. And, if not, how many bodies could do that.

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intensely_human@lemm.ee
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Or would they just stack up?

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rmuk@feddit.uk
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I just did a simulation with representative bodies that included spheroid objects of varying densities to approximate the makeup of the major solar bodies and all the fruit bounced everywhere and the lady behind the counter is really upset now.

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