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BrevityIsTheSoul t1_j1p38qn wrote

Reply to comment by RudeMutant in What determines the space between two planets? by TinyDayDreamer0

More accurately, planets with orbits that are not in tune with each other will drift in their orbits until they're in tune or fall into their sun or whatever.

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RudeMutant t1_j1rij4b wrote

It's difficult to throw something into the sun, most likely the planet will be ejected from the system. But yes. If there is too much synchronicity (?) the bodies will interact too much and one will slow down and fall in, the other will speed up and get higher

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