Why Hitting the Sun Takes More Energy Than Leaving the Solar System
minutephysics · Explainer · 3 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Hitting the Sun is HARD
Why it's here
HN links it as the quick explanation of why you cannot just throw things into the Sun.
What it covers
A three-minute minutephysics video on the orbital mechanics of why crashing into the Sun takes far more energy than leaving the solar system.