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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:10:51 PM EDT
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If the gravity gradient were enough to gave time dilation form the ship to the planet, I would expect that the planet would already have been torn apart by tidal forces, no?
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:13:29 PM EDT
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If the gravity gradient were enough to gave time dilation form the ship to the planet, I would expect that the planet would already have been torn apart by tidal forces, no? Not necessarily. Time is affected even between low earth orbit and the surface. Add to that the effects from the orbital speed and time can get really wonky. So it would may not be close enough to be torn apart yet will still deal with the time issues. Kip Thorne did the cosmology work for the movie, I am pretty sure his math was right. Geeky Interstellar science |
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