Interstellar object, an object that has entered the solar system from interstellar space. As of 2023, two such objects have been observed: ‘Oumuamua, which was discovered in 2017, and Comet Borisov, which was discovered in 2019. ‘Oumuamua was discovere
It is a violation of Newton’s first law, which says: “In an inertial frame of reference, an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity unless acted upon by a force.” When the ship starts spinning again, it takes quite a time to gravity slowly go ...
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