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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (15 children)

I wonder if we would feel the sudden disappearance of the centripetal force of the sun's gravity.

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[–] AdrianTheFrog 7 points 3 days ago

If it happens at night it will probably take 5 or 6 seconds longer for people to start seeing the first messages on the internet

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I wonder how long it would take before you would feel it becoming colder

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

That's boring.

Can we just have the reverse, like a "When Day Breaks" scenario? At least its fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

But will we feel the shift in gravity/inertia as the planet starts moving straight?

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[–] LovableSidekick 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I really doubt we would notice, because if so we would already be feeling different during day and night. The sun pulls us toward the sky during the daytime and toward the ground at night. Also toward the east at sunrise and the west at sunset. But none of this seems noticeable.

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[–] someguy3 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The telephone: "Am I a joke to you?"

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[–] Narauko 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The real question is if the earth becomes a rogue planet or if Jupiter captures most/all of the remaining solar system. Jupiter is technically a failed star, so could it finally get it's glowup from being the sun's understudy and keep us all together until we fall into the gravitational well of a new star?

[–] roguetrick 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

If the sun just disappears, I doubt even having another sun would keep everything from flying off to fuck knows where. Jupiter, by comparison, is beyond hope. The Barycenter is far from Jupiter.

[–] Narauko 1 points 2 days ago

Only two ways to find out. Time to fire up universe sandbox, cause I'm fresh out of the ability to delete the sun in the production environment.

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