Comment on Why is space 2 dimensional?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a common shape in the universe: large spherical mass in the center, plane of objects rotating around it.
Imagine a new object orbiting Saturn in a random direction. At some point (two, actually), it will cross the plane of the rings. Eventually it will crash into an object. The average of the impact will be closer to the plane. Eventually, it will either align with the plane or its orbit will be unstable.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Doesn’t even have to impact. The gravity of other bodies in orbit will pull out-of-plane objects closer to the plane over time.