• Siethron@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Really? We’re pretty far from galactic center, if we didn’t have the Gas Giants wouldn’t Earth eventually escape galactic orbit with it’s low relative mass?

    • Gladaed@feddit.org
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      13 hours ago

      No. The moon wouldn’t suddenly book it either if the sun disappeared, would it? Or more in line with the example: the moon would not suddenly leave the solar system if the earth disappeared.