[TML] "Dies the Fire"

[Timothy Little]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 09:33:34AM -0500, Tommy Grav wrote:
> I would have to sit down and look at the numbers, but why not but a
> massive object (like a neutron star or a black hole) in the middle
> of the disk and have a star that orbits the central point mass
> beyond the edge of the disk.

The disk itself is a huge mass, thousands of times that of the star.
The star could just orbit it.  In a sense, the star is just decoration
to provide light and warmth.

Your point about stability is well-founded though.  A star in the
middle of a disk is not dynamically stable (whether it bobs or not).


- Tim