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What if someone made a life size cardboard cutout of the sun? (files.catbox.moe)
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[โ€“] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Put a sheet of paper vertical and let gravity do its work. What happens? Then think about a BIG "sheet" that has gravity by itself. You end up with a ball.

[โ€“] Ludrol@szmer.info 0 points 2 days ago

yes:

  1. that ball has 10^18^ kg mass
  2. that ball falls on earth and burns all the oxygen (debatable) or the cutout falls on earth like a big wrapper and burns evenly.