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The Physics of Trying to Crash Into the Sun (www.wired.com)

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links to some interesting video. I think I had 1 chapter on orbital dynamics in school. good explanation of why it's not really as simple as dropping it in. probably old news to most.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Stack overflow has a similar discussion and a solution via Jupiter for < 11km/s.

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