Comment on what would happen if a rogue, earth-size planet ran straight into the sun? anything interesting?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
don’t open this if you don’t want part of the three body problem series spoiled
Isn’t that the core element of one of the scorched earth fallback plans one of the wallfacers came up with? I thought it was supposed to have been roughly scientifically viable…? Or am I completely misremembering?
learningduck@programming.dev 3 months ago
Incorrect. The plan was to send a signal that our sun has a civilized planet, so that an unspecified alien race would blow the sun up to prevent humanity any further.
Zirconium@lemmy.world 3 months ago
spoiler
Rey Diaz plan was to use planets starting with degrading mercury’s orbit to crash into the sun and expand the “atmosphere?” Or radius of the sun that will then eat up all the other planets in the solar system. three-body-problem.fandom.com/…/Manuel_Rey_Diaz Luo ji’s plan was to use dark forest deterrence by signalling other aliens if trisolarians didn’t get their shit together