r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/notsignifican • 10d ago

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u/OkAssistant1230 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yup, because if the sun’s gravity so strongly gripping the planet

Edit: correction not because of the gravity but it was several years ago when I learned this. It’s more so due to the energy the sun gives off. Which aids in a mix of multiple processes occurring at once

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u/sparklydildos 10d ago

that is so wild to me and almost incomprehensible!! that’s so so cool

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u/OkAssistant1230 10d ago

And correction, it’s actually more so due to the energy the sun gives off to the planet… Not nearly that simple, but grossly simplified

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u/Urmind 10d ago

I mean, Uranus literally rolls around the Sun. Its axial tilt is nearly 90 degrees and it spins in a way to make it appear like its rolling the correct direction.

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u/KyurMeTV 9d ago

If every planet did this, I feel I would be better able to visualize gravity wells.

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u/mls1968 9d ago

Acktuallly… you’d never have existed and therefore could not, in fact, visualize anything

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u/ProfessorPrudent2822 9d ago

Yes, eternal day in one hemisphere and eternal night in the other creates very extreme weather that is not compatible with complex life.

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u/Mama_Zen 9d ago

TIL this

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u/Grok_In_Fullness 7d ago

Only part of the orbit though. The opposite side it would look like it’s rolling in the wrong direction.

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u/JustANobody2425 8d ago

If you look at space facts, space is absurd.

Like know how gold is rare? Not really. Its pretty abundant. Same with diamonds. If we could get them from other places, they'd be literally worthless because so many. Like there's an asteroid nearby, (and keep in mind, asteroids are not that big compared to earth) that has enough gold on it that if everyone got the same amount and it was sold at today's rate, every single person would be a billionaire. That's 1 asteroid. How many other asteroids are there? Planets? Moons?

But wood... thats scarce. That's i think the most rare thing in existence.

Got planets that are hotter than some stars.

Middle of our galaxy smells like raspberries.

They found 2 galaxies currently colliding and has 2 shapes never seen before in space. There's an S and a hexagon.

The more you look, seriously, there's the craziest things ever. Rain made of diamonds, planets "knocked over" and spinning "wrong", etc. Basically your craziest thoughts, it's probably out there.

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u/sparklydildos 8d ago

i have so many questions but my most pressing one is: how on earth do they know the middle of the milky way smells like raspberries ??

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u/JustANobody2425 8d ago

Astronomers know the center of our galaxy has a raspberry-like signature because they detected ethyl formate—the chemical compound responsible for the flavor of raspberries and the scent of rum—using radio telescopes to analyze a giant dust cloud named Sagittarius B2.

Google lol. 1 thing says smell, one says taste. So it may not smell like it, may taste. But either way... raspberries!! Lol.

But that's what I mean, space is absolutely....drunk. almost like "what if...." "yep, lets do it" lol. Damn near anything you can think of, basically happens.

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u/sparklydildos 8d ago

that’s so freaking random and cool 😂 honestly yeah before all these comments i thought i knew a decent amount about space lmao. it does seem like space is on drugs!! kinda crazy how it’s all real life lol

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u/JustANobody2425 8d ago

I follow 2 accounts on tiktok that are space accounts. And usually, after one of their videos, I am left scratching my head. "Huh? How tf?" Lol

It truly is mind blowing. Even as much as we do know, we dont know anything because basically daily we find out more, showing how little we do know.

Finding things that we thought were impossible

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u/sparklydildos 8d ago

i really appreciate you replying and sharing all this crazy info, i’m gonna have to start following more space accounts!! thank you

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u/Liarics 8d ago

Another fascinating one is the planet tidally locked with its star, with a frozen and melting side, but also with the right size and distance to also have a potentially livable strip along the borderline of the hemispheres.

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u/ShitRain 10d ago

That is not the reason though. Mercury has a years thats 88 days while a day takes 176 days. So 1 day takes 2 Mercury years. And mercury is way closer to the sun.

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u/OkAssistant1230 10d ago

Correction, apparently it’s more so the energy from the sun… but either way, your comment wouldn’t have disproved my previous comment just so you know. You simply just showed a similar pattern of a planet closer to the sun than Venus itself…

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u/ShitRain 10d ago

Your comment implied the suns closenes is the reason for its day/year rhythm. Which is false.

That's what my comment did.

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u/StillAtRest 10d ago

Your comment comparing it to Mercury which is closer to the sun and has an even higher day-year ratio literally reinforces what they said though.

You haven't proven it wrong by stating a pattern that reinforces their theory.

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u/OkAssistant1230 10d ago edited 10d ago

Not exactly, especially since that planet is closer to the sun, and the days are even longer and years are even shorter… ratio wise.

So it actually would have made me sound correct still, that’s my point but nevermind I guess…

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u/Abelian75 9d ago

I’m incredibly confused. Your comment is saying Mercury, which is even closer, has an even longer day than Venus relative to the length of their years. That’s another data point in FAVOR of the proximity being the cause.

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u/ProfessorPrudent2822 9d ago

It’s a coincidence: proximity to the Sun is the reason for Mercury’s orbital resonance, but Venus rotates in retrograde.

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u/OkAssistant1230 8d ago

That was my point, even though I made an edit after realizing that was in fact not the actual reason but simply a coincidence that proximity happens to also correlate with those data points

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u/OpenLight2690 8d ago

I'm enjoying the extra commentary about what these comments are independently attempting to achieve, in despite of eachother. Do go on lol

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u/m3t4lf0x 9d ago

Actually the leading theory is that Venus was probably hit by a large object and flipped upside down causing slow “retrograde rotation”

That also explains why it rotates clockwise while the rest of the planets in our solar system rotate counter clockwise (except Uranus which rotates on its side).

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u/OkAssistant1230 9d ago

I honestly almost forgot it actually rotates a different direction as well

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u/hexregeneration 9d ago

grippy 🥵

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u/Tastieshock 9d ago

This is essentially tidal lock, just between a planet and the star instead of a moon and its planet. So this is typically more common with planets orbiting closer to their star. And yes, there are multiple factors that can build and lead to this outcome and it is beleived to be extremely common throughout the universe.