All I can think of is aliens. I can’t think of anything in nature that could get a planet moving that fast.
Now a much more dense object like a mini black hole? That’s a more interesting question.
Comment on what would happen if a rogue, earth-size planet ran straight into the sun? anything interesting?
teft@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoNow I’m imagining the type of event that could cause a planet to move at such a significant percent of c that you could disrupt the sun with it. I don’t think we’re gonna get a planet moving that fast. I think we’d be limited to stellar core remnants to get that kick in velocity.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
frezik@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Could it go fast enough that it doesn’t have enough time to absorb significant amounts of heat and pops out the other side basically intact?
Deestan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
We are going to collide with the Andromeda galaxy maybe 1 billion years before the sun fizzles out. Something there with opposite galactic orbit from us could smack into our sun at over 700 km/s.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
As it is, our entire solar system is orbiting at 514,000mph or about 1/1300th the speed of light relative to the center of the galaxy. And the Milky Way Galaxy is moving at about 1.3 million mph through the universe.