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Anonymous No. 16372316

If 2 apples are set a million miles apart in a vacuum with no other forces influencing them, will they eventually collide due to gravity?

Anonymous No. 16372340

>>16372316
space expands my nigga

Anonymous No. 16372367

>>16372316
yes homework anon.
A "million miles" is tiny compared to interplanetary or interstellar distances.
idk about intergalactic distances or above but then again, idk if you can make an ideal universe with only 2 apples.

If those apples have initial speed or there's a third apple then (for an ideal case) they could keep orbiting indefinitely.

Anonymous No. 16372370

>>16372367
>ideal universe
real universe* (with expansion and all that)

PS:
>no other forces influencing them,
by that I assumed no electrical charge

Anonymous No. 16372493

>>16372370
No forces means no forces, retard

Anonymous No. 16372605

>>16372316
That situation won't ever happen, keep your thought experiment for yourself, nobody is interested in it.

Anonymous No. 16373579

>>16372340
prove that its expanding.

Anonymous No. 16373723

>>16372316
>ideal universe
while it will take a long time, yes they will eventually collide
>in reality
there will always be other celestial bodies with more gravity acting on the apples.
>it's just a thought experiment bro
If you're in the vacuum of space, with a spoon, you let go of the spoon, and it's stationary or floats away from you, then both you and the spoon are slowly accelerating towards a nearby celestial body. However, if you let go of the spoon and it floats towards you, then you're the most massive object nearby, meaning you're truly alone, likely in some intergalactic void.

Anonymous No. 16373778

Gravity is a phenomenon preceding mass. Mass simply gathers around these spherical distortions in space. Most likely electrical in nature.

Anonymous No. 16373799

>>16372316
no

Anonymous No. 16373803

>>16372316
only if the apples are gay

Anonymous No. 16373807

Yeah if space is expanding will the apples ever meet starting at rest?

Someone prove that evrrything you learn about mechanics in school is false

Anonymous No. 16373808

HOL UP
I was thought you bring electrons in from an infinite distance away one at a time to form these electrostatic problems and count up the potential changes.

But with the expansion of the universe this isnt possible!

Anonymous No. 16373828

Yes.
Everything attracts and eventually it will all go back to a single point and a new big bang will go off.

Only way to escape the loop is to step out of this dimension.

Anonymous No. 16373842

>>16373828
No it wont kys

Anonymous No. 16374834

>>16372316
>If 2 apples are set a million miles apart in a vacuum with no other forces influencing them, will they eventually collide due to gravity?
Probably not. At that distance, their weak gravitational force will be totally outmatched by photon pressure from the ambient light in space, or solar winds. They will likely get pushed off in random directions relative to each other.

Anonymous No. 16374852

>>16372316
No. I'll get hungry and eat one of them first.

Anonymous No. 16374892

>>16374834
He specifically states that no other forces influence them, so solar winds don't count and the photon pressure could be debated but technically is also just another force. So really they would eventually just collide.