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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I believe we'd still be warm for those 8 minutes. We have an 8 minute grace period before having to do anything, then enough time to add sweaters faster than earth cools.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

it's because light takes 8 minutes to get from the sun to us. and since gravity also travels at the speed of light our orbit would only change after 8 minutes.

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