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- It's not possible as shown for multiple reasons. The main one is conservation of momentum: initially, Earth is moving left while Melancholia is moving up. When they collide, the total momentum vector (speed*mass for Earth + speed*mass for Melancholia) must remain the same.
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Jan 11, 2012 · So, for example, we know that the world will end, literally and physically (when Melancholia collides with the Earth it’s to all intents and purposes a “real” collision and not a merely symbolic or allegorical “end of the world”).
Melancholia would not slingshot around the Earth between points 2 and 5 as it is much larger and so shouldn't be affected by Earth's gravity in that way. If somehow it did then it would also have to gain a tremendous amount of speed to catch up with the Earth in order to collide with it.
May 21, 2024 · The ‘earth-shattering’ finale, when planets collide in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, releases a cumulative strange sensation. Instead of dissipating, this fallout permeated my body.
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Aug 11, 2020 · In the film Melancholia, an enormous planet slowly tracks across space and collides with Earth. The story follows two sisters as they try to cope with their impending doom. Extinction is...
Claire looks anxiously at Melancholia's path on the internet, learning of a theory that, having bypassed the Earth, it will turn back and collide with it. John tries to calm her down but secretly secures food and gasoline.
Melancholia is titled not only for the depression of protagonist Justine (Kirsten Dunst) but also for the fictional rogue planet which collides with Earth in the film's finale.
On the night of the fly-by, it seems that Melancholia will merely pass very near without striking the Earth. The next day, however, Claire realizes that Melancholia is circling back and will collide with Earth after all. The certainty that Melancholia is making its terminal rotation back to Earth is at odds with John's certainty of a safe fly-by.
