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Naru523

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Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« on: August 05, 2009, 05:03:22 PM »
Hey all. While I was watching Dan's US Video I found this video about Venus colliding with Earth in three billion years. I don't know if it's true or not, but it's kinda cool.

A simulation in the future possibly Venus colliding with Earth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgR3HgVnW8U&feature=related

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 05:20:09 PM »
Could just be the fast timestep making orbits go crazy, but if not, weird, Earth second planet from the sun... Although it didn't get much closer, so we may still live (if they don't crash)

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2009, 01:58:29 AM »
Even if it is true, the collision between Earth and Venus is just an eventuality of one of the thousends of possible futures.......

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2009, 03:12:21 AM »
Just because the orbits cross it doesn't mean the planets will crash together.
Like, Neptune and Pluto.

There are so large distances between planets. They could cross each other's orbits thousands of times without crashing together.

But correct me if I'm wrong. :P

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2009, 03:37:42 AM »
You are wrong.

Neptun is a thousand times more mass than Pluto and Pluto cross Neptuns Orbit but not in the ecliptic.

But earth and venus and nearly same size and mass. Venus and Earth would strong interact with each other if they share orbit.

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2009, 09:22:29 AM »
Even if Pluto's orbit crossed Neptunes, Neptune's strong gravity would lock Pluto into resonance giving making Pluto apear to approach Neptune then bump back...

Me to myself: Man I have to explain this over here, on the GravSim forum I can just talk about the resonance...

Just go here...

This is some of my resonce work stuff:
Pluto/Neptune: 2:3 res: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1233457261 (This is really TNO's though)
Saturninan Moons, Kiviuq/Ijiraq 1:1 res: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1234553664
Earth's Quasi-moons 1:1 res: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1233372525

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2009, 10:07:08 AM »
Nice..

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2009, 02:08:20 PM »
Triton will collide Neptune. forming a new ring system in 10 million years.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2009, 08:59:14 PM by monmarfori »

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2009, 02:23:50 PM »
Titan will collide Neptune. forming a new ring system in 10 million years.

I highly doubt that. Titan would have a long way to come to Neptune...

Titan is the biggest moon of Saturn...i guess you talk about Triton...

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2009, 02:36:16 PM »
Titan will collide Neptune. forming a new ring system in 10 million years.

So, Titan will get launched by something, and turn on it's booster rockets, launch it self to Neptune, and come to close?

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Re: Crazy Orbits - Venus collision with Earth?
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2009, 03:09:35 PM »
He means Triton....

Titan and Triton sound almost the same.
Btw, Triton could do a Roche Limit.

EDIT: Mars can also collide with Earth, but it can be possible to pass by it, not colliding with it!
« Last Edit: August 08, 2009, 03:13:50 PM by Naru523 »