2007-06-03 04:55:57 · 3 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Entropy is change in heat per unit temperature It is a thermodynamic quantity used in some heat and energy calculations. It has nothing at all to do with space or gravity. Heat only flows from areas of high temperature to areas of low temperature, so warm areas always cool off and cold areas always warm up. This means that eventually the entire universe could end up at one medium temperature with no more possibility of any energy exchange. That is called "the heat death of the universe".
2007-06-03 05:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entropy, simply put, means, "It takes energy to maintain speed". Medicine uses the term for muscle fiber that can no longer twitch properly due to loss of mass. An orbit in entropy is losing it's battle with gravity. They go up on a ballistic trajectory. There's no power to sustain orbit other than inertia.
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2007-06-03 05:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by TD Euwaite? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entropy(absence of gravity) is an assumption made to explain different theories of physical phenomena in nature related to light.
2007-06-03 05:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by vasanthkumar_22 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋