From my limited knowledge I heard that condensed clouds of gas eventually build into celestial bodies, but my question is of more less probabilistic nature. In order for a body to be in orbit of another body it has to have that so called "horizontal speed", otherwise it will drift away into space, or fall into another body that's nearby and bigger. So if that small window of opportunity, let's call it the "horizontal speed" distance is so small, why entire space as we know it always somehow finds it. From pure probability, shouldn't most gallactic bodies either crash one into another or drift away into space resulting in very few orbital systems?
2007-07-20 03:45:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
That is an interesting question, and you are correct, most galactic bodies are not in a precise balance. Therefore most objects are either on course to crash into another object or spin off as rogues. Our moon is an example of this. 3 billion years ago, the moon was much closer to earth than it is today. Each year it moves slightly farther way (aprox. 1"-2" per year further). Eventually, the gravity of Earth/Moon will be too weak to keep these two bodies orbiting each other. Io (moon of Jupiter) is another example, its orbit is such that it will slowly slam into the cloudtops on Jupiter and be consumed by the great planet. Its all a matter of time. It just seems like everything is happily revolving around each other, when in fact they are constantly struggling with one another and will inevitibly go one way or the other. I hope this helps, good luck.
2007-07-20 03:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by ngc7331 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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But I'd ike to think the entire Universes as vaporizes Water or at least Liquid or Fluid, with carries those eternal trancedental moving objects, has their path with the sun right in the middle of the so-called Milky-way, and however the sun has its on mass, and it just couldn't belonger than end of power of the Neighborhood. Speeds eats up Distance,
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2007-07-20 04:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the origional condensing clouds that your talking about are spinning during the formation of the orbital system. if the cloud wasnt spinning it would all condense to form a large central star. in the case of our solar system, the cloud was spinning and it condensed into bodies that previously had the "horizontal speed". this speed is present during the formation of the cloud and is later imparted to all bodies formed in the system, excluding the central star. the same rules apply to larger systems such as galaxies.
2007-07-20 03:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best ways to stabilize a body . Every thing in space starts to stabilize in this way. the other part is that everything has gravity attraction for other bodies.
2007-07-20 04:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, I grew up watching Quantum Leap and Sliders... I dunoo pal...
2007-07-20 03:50:51 · answer #5 · answered by brit_plod 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gravity, gravity - all is gravity. And where does that come from?
2007-07-20 03:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by ALAN B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋