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The Physics of Trying to Crash Into the Sun
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2024-11-11
you are already constantly falling around the sun. No effort needed. If you want to stop orbiting (fall "down" instead of sideways) you need to negate the speed you already have. Otherwise you'd just keep doing the same thing we all already are: falling around, but not into, the sun