Timeline for How do you non-catastrophically reduce the mass of the Sun by half?
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| Sep 28, 2018 at 16:04 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @@Victor Stafusa Basically, what you are saying is a form of 'Conservation of Gravity' concept. That if gravity leaks through in only one direction, then the gravity well or whatever on the other side of the wormhole would be completely distorted and lopsided, unless there was also leakage in the reverse direction. Otherwise, the worm hole would be a 'gravitational pump', pumping gravity in one direction only. But this in itself is an intriguing idea for a story line. | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 15:59 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @Victor Stafusa FYI I automatically get notice of any comments attached to my answer, so you do not need to reference me in your comment, but I thank you for the consideration. It is an interesting concept, worth perusing, if I go with the wornhole idea. | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 12:13 | comment | added | Victor Stafusa | @JustinThyme See my comment above. | |
| Sep 28, 2018 at 12:08 | comment | added | Victor Stafusa | @EdMarty The squared-distance law of gravity presumes that the space has an euclidean geometry, which is not the case anymore. I think that the perceived gravity would be half of the original Sun gravity because the gravitational power well is now split in two distant sites and although the wormhole allows some gravity from the other side come in, it also allows the same amount of gravity in our side to leak out. This also open some interesting problems, like if you can be shielded from gravity of a massive body by hiding behind a wormhole. | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 23:38 | history | edited | Victor Stafusa | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 27, 2018 at 18:32 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @Ed Marty Your point about gravity travelling through worm holes is intriguing. As far as I know, it is not entirely impossible. After all, you are folding space so that one section is now next to another, and gravitational strength is dependent on proximity. But it does open up a can of 'Law of Unintended Consequences' worms that would have to be hand waved away.. | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 12:56 | comment | added | Ed Marty | Consider, however, the gravitational effects may travel through wormholes, so if the removed matter bunches up on the other side into another star, the gravitational pull of the sun + wormhole combo will not change. | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 2:50 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | To clarify, I personally, for the purposes of my story, do not require an explanation of how the wormhole got there, and where it goes, only that it is possible theoretical for a worm hole to somehow appear and devour half the sun. I am satisfied with hand waving the details away, perhaps waving it away as a yet-unknown natural phenomena that we humans just have not yet observed. I like the idea of the equilibrium resulting in a 50-50 split, however. It is a nice artifact to the fact that the mass loss has to be 50%. | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 2:23 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | A very interesting plot line. Very creative. I urge you to follow up on it in your own story. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 22:35 | history | answered | Victor Stafusa | CC BY-SA 4.0 |