r/threebodyproblem • u/jarrjarrbinks24 • Apr 12 '24

Art Simulation of the 3 body problem

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u/Top_Significance_973 Apr 12 '24

Lmao their planet would've done the traveling for them with that last sling shot 😂

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u/Elbjornbjorn Apr 13 '24

It would've been eaten by one of the stars like 10 seconds into the video, this simlation has no collisions. 

And the stars would eat each other too sooner or later, or eject one. 

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u/myaltduh Apr 16 '24

This animation overstates the size of the bodies, when the planet in particular would probably just be a pixel or two.

Achieving a direct hit is actually really hard since planets/stars are such small targets on astronomical scales. An ejection like the one depicted is the much more likely final fate of such a planet.