Sentences with phrase «reached orbital velocities»
He argued that a star could not exist under the conditions described by Schwarzschild because the material within it would have to reach orbital velocities equaling the speed of light.
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The most violent collisions can vaporise entire worlds into gas blobs that rotate so fast that their edges reach orbital velocity and can not spin any faster.
Not exact matches
This meant the second stage did not achieve full orbital velocity and therefore did not reach its intended orbit.
Subsequently, Heintz (1996, page 411) suggested that such a companion to Star Ba would have to have a mass of at least half Sol's to reach detectable brightness, and that, among other orbital requirements, Bc's period would have to be less than an Earth year in order to account for the absence of effects on Ba's radial velocities and positions.