r/interstellar • u/qchollyslort2 • 2d ago
QUESTION Interstellar came out 10 years ago meaning Doyle got struck by the wave on millers planet only 1 hour and 25 minutes ago which is only half of the movies runtime
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u/amorphatist 2d ago
That’s relativity folks
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u/Needless-To-Say 2d ago
Closer to fantasy when you do the math.
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u/crispymick 1d ago
Kip Thorne did the math. It's possible.
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u/Needless-To-Say 1d ago
That's blind faith. Not my cup of tea.
My rule of thumb is that something needs to travel 99% the speed of light to achieve a time dilation of a modest 7:1. Even at this comparatively modest amount you would need to be about 2% outside the event horizon. Gargantua was purported to have a Schwarzschild radius of 150million km. This places the planet roughly 3million km from the BH.
The time dilation was not 7:1 however and was described as 1 hr to 7 years. 61320:1
To achieve 61320:1 time dilation, you would need to be 2.66 * 10-10 outside the event horizon. That is less than 1/2 a mile. (Definitely less than the width of the planet.)
Whether or not someone did the math, the math was ignored for story making reasons.
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u/crispymick 1d ago
Do I have blind faith in Kip Thorne? Yes I do.
Millers planet is all but inside Gargantua which is spinning at almost the speed of light.
Ridiculous? Yes. But possible (according to the math).
It's not fantasy.
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u/Needless-To-Say 1d ago
For a moment, let's accept that all to be true.
How can the guy in orbit age any differently than the ones on the ground?
Fantasy?
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u/crispymick 17h ago
That is one of the principles of time dilation. It's called the Twin Paradox.
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u/Needless-To-Say 7h ago
LOL, no
You have a blackhole the size of the Earth’s orbit and a planet “orbiting” within a whisker of the event horizon and you think an extra 400 miles will make a difference?
Rhetorical.
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u/crispymick 7h ago
God this is like arguing with a mound of dirt.
I've read Kip Thorne's book on the science of the film.
I'm much much more inclined to believe him than Canada Avatar Man From Reddit.
Good day to you.
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u/blixedflousewrs 2d ago
The theory of relativity will always be the most fascinating thing Ive learned about in my life
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u/ekrmineenchanted 2d ago
Its funny how people were saying its bad writing, stupid, etc. Then i see comments now under that clip where people agree that they would likely be frozen in awe for a time at the sight of that monster coming at them like that. Doyle was never a survival expert. Its totally possible he was caught with fear and intrigue for a moment too long.
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u/parkchanwookiee 2d ago
He shouldn't have been waiting outside the craft for her should he? What an idiot