A friend told me that with the current engineering we cannot send a satellite to the sun (just reaching it, not survival) because we would have to nullify the velocity of earth with respect to the sun. I’m not sure I understand and not sure if that is true.
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Get a friend to jump on a playground roundabout, spin it as fast as you can then get them to throw a ball for you to catch. That in a nutshell is why it’s hard to get a sattelite to the sun, we’re spinning at about 1,00MPH (the roundabout) but we are also orbiting what we are trying to aim at so you also have to imagine the roundabout going around you while also spinning.
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