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This is what the planets of our solar system look like
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The video effectively uses a clear and engaging animation to explain a complex scientific concept (spacetime warping) in a visually intuitive way, making it highly shareable and educational.
Summary
This video visualizes how planets warp spacetime according to their mass, illustrating Einstein's theory of general relativity. It shows how smaller planets create shallow curves while larger ones, like Jupiter and the Sun, create deep gravitational wells that govern planetary motion.
Structure
- 1Introduction to visualizing planetary gravity
- 2Explaining spacetime warping via mass
- 3Comparing distortions from small vs. large planets
- 4Highlighting Jupiter's and the Sun's gravitational influence
- 5Concluding with the Sun's dominant gravitational well
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This is what the planets of our solar system look like
when we visualize
how their gravity warps the
fabric of spacetime.
According to Einstein's theory
of general relativity,
gravity isn't simply an invisible force
pulling objects together.
Mass actually curves the fabric
of space time around it.
Every planet in our solar
system
creates its own distortion.
Smaller worlds like Mercury and
Mars
produce relatively shallow
curves,
while larger planets bend space
time much more strongly.
with more than twice the mass
of all the other planets
combined, creates
by far
the deepest planetary
distortion in our solar system.
But even Jupiter is tiny
compared with the Sun.
Holding more than 99% of the
solar system's mass,
the Sun creates an enormous
gravitational well
that governs the motion of
every planet around it.
What you're seeing is a
visualization
to help you understand
how mass shapes the geometry
of our solar system.
Original caption
How Planets Warp Space - We’ve shown how the planets warp space before — but this time, we created a newer animation to visualize it more clearly. See how each planet bends spacetime according to its mass, from the subtle curves of smaller worlds to the deep gravitational wells created by Jupiter and the Sun.
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