breadleecarter t1_jdneyio wrote on March 25, 2023 at 6:26 PM

Reply to comment by failurebeatssuccess in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

I've never seen this, but this is exactly what I thought Melancholia was about. I was wrong.

breadleecarter t1_jdnepqx wrote on March 25, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Reply to comment by whitneyanson in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Really? Whoopsie.

I guess I'm thinking of something else. I thought there was like a 2nd Earth where everyone had a doppelganger.

breadleecarter t1_jdl4ze1 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:46 AM

Reply to We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

This was the plot of the movie Melancholia. There was another Earth on the same orbit as ours, but we had no idea because it was always on the exact opposite side of the Sun ftom us. Until something happens and the two worlds are set to collide.

I don't have an answer to your question though, sorry.

I would THINK even if we didn't have visual confirmation, we might be able to detect an object in other ways. Asteroids making weird turns because of the gravity or something.

breadleecarter t1_ja1qyt5 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Reply to comment by dbx999 in Explosions in space movies? by DemonOfTheAstroWaste

I always liked to think the lightsaber was like a plasma torch.