dripto biswas Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 the sun is losing mass faster than the earth is. so later in the future, the gravitational force beetween the earth and the sun should decrease. my question is, will this actually happen and if it does, will the orbit of the earth be stable or could it shoot out into the universe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwagen Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Well, according to the link below, the Sun loses about 1% of its mass in 160 billion years. Don't worry, we'll be swallowed by the Sun's dying expansion sooner than we'll be flung out into space. http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/ast99/ast99441.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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