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".
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