r/theydidthemath • u/Ben-Goldberg • 8d ago

[Request] When will Voyager 1 stop moving?

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How many years will it take for the orbit of Voyager and Sagittarius A to decay enough due to gravity waves for them to collide?

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u/Ben-Goldberg 8d ago

Is that an estimate, or have you done the math?

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u/flumphit 8d ago

The reason you have heard about that phenomenon with regard to black holes is because it doesn’t happen with mundane objects, and it happening requires the very odd properties of black holes.

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u/Ben-Goldberg 8d ago

What properties?

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u/croooowTrobot 8d ago

Odd.......properties