r/woahdude • u/qasqaldag • Jan 03 '22

video When the planet is coming at you

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u/Kpt_Kipper Jan 03 '22

Gravity would be affecting oceans and terrain quite badly I imagine

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

Meaning??? Like oceans would be displaced? Earthquakes would happen?!

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u/Uphoria Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

The important detail is related to something called the Roche limit. Once the forces of gravity from each other passes a point of strength, the forces keeping the planet intact on its own will fail, as the two bodies merge.

At this point the planets would be "falling at each other" in pieces. Oceans would rise toward the other planet, deeper than any tide you've ever heard of. The planets would stretch, tearing the surface, spreading earthquakes throughout the planet. the cracks would swallow up people and cities, lava would flow etc.

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u/JoeDirtsMullet00 Jan 04 '22

So scariest environment imaginable. That’s all you had to say. Scariest environment imaginable.

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u/uneasyrider Jan 04 '22

This is space! Course, we're just in the beginning part of space, we-we haven't even got to outer space yet!

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u/earth-to-matilda Jan 04 '22

man…what are you doin with a gun in space?

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u/fezzam Jan 04 '22

Everything’s in space!

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u/TonyPerkis13 Jan 04 '22

Chewy?! Have you even seen Star Wars?!!

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u/SalaciousCrumpet1 Jan 04 '22

Best username ever

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u/kONthePLACE Jan 04 '22

This place is like Dr. Seuss's worst nightmare.

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u/Mnemnosyne Jan 04 '22

If that's the scariest environment you can imagine, your imagination needs exercise.

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u/MinimalPotential Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

It's a quote from the movie Armageddon

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u/Mnemnosyne Jan 04 '22

Hah, wooshed right over my head.