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rolooooooooooooooooooooo :
Actually, Kip Thorne the Nobel physicist who did the math for the movie explains it’s not just a standard tide Here is the breakdown 1. Because of the Inverse Square Law, Gargantua pulls the front of the planet WAY harder than the back. This stretches the planet + ocean into a football shape. The "waves" are just the pointy ends of that football. 2. Thorne realized if the planet rotated normally, friction would vaporize it. So he calculated that the planet is Tidally Locked (facing the hole) but it has a wobble called Libration. The planet "rocks" back and forth, causing those massive bulges to slosh over the surface. 3. Thorne calls these waves Solitons (solitary waves). They don't break or crash like Earth waves; they just hold that massive shape and travel forever because the planet is shaking beneath them. 4. Since the Tidal Force is so extreme, it pulls 99% of the water into those two mountains. The rest of the planet is drained dry (conservation of mass). Source: The Science of Interstellar Ch. 17
2025-12-17 07:16:03
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vulpix25x :
those aren't mountains 🙃
2025-12-17 12:50:46
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Benji :
Btw, only 1 hour and 30-40 minutes passed on Miller's planet since Interstellar came out.
2025-12-18 00:22:31
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Moses Daniel :
I think about this wave like once a month
2025-12-17 00:36:37
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Kyle Grantham :
I always assumed the water was so shallow because, like with a tidal wave, the water had been dramatically sucked out to sea into the wave
2025-12-17 06:09:30
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WizardLizard :
I always assumed that the water was deeper but they got lucky and are standing on more or less a shelf of land
2025-12-17 04:42:40
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sdcy444 :
Interstellar discourse? I’m sat
2025-12-17 00:52:02
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Peej :
I always thought the reason for the shallow water was because they were standing in the receding zone before the wave
2025-12-18 15:20:26
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Rick :
Funny that he went to such lengths to accurately model the black hole physics but not the wave physics.
2025-12-17 00:35:54
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Chris Moranec :
“When was the last time” About an hour ago
2025-12-17 19:15:24
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Eric Zapata :
I’ve always wondered why the 3 ft of water they were in didn’t get ‘pulled out’ into the wave like we see before tidal waves on our planet?
2025-12-16 23:39:18
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Harlow7777 :
spooky lake month and now 12 days of waves?! give me all the hydro holidays
2025-12-17 05:48:43
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Erika D :
Interstellar is my Roman Empire. I think about this at least once or twice a week.
2025-12-17 16:12:33
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elaina🍉🔻 :
the gigantic wave from interstellar is nightmare fuel for me as someone who is scared of both space and large things
2025-12-19 01:50:59
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papitapicosa :
That wave traumatized me. I think about it often. Just last week actually
2025-12-17 05:41:42
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Rev Oluti Onary :
Fine. I’ll watch Interstellar for the 273rd time.
2026-01-31 11:22:28
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Alissa Danielle :
I think about that wave weekly. That scene gave me nightmares, and a huge phobia of tsunamis - I researched tsunamis and have less fear now btw because they don’t look like that lol.
2026-01-23 19:52:38
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BF5pilot :
If people on that planet started watching Interstellar on its opening night, they would be at the part when they're on Millers planet right about now.
2026-02-05 01:36:40
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Levelsanybody :
Every nightmare I’ve ever had ends with this wave.
2025-12-17 21:45:54
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кыс@кыс@кыс :
ahh my roman empire time
2025-12-19 20:56:49
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Megan :
More people need to make up holidays. Big fan of wave days
2025-12-17 00:20:55
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jertbob :
I love listening to people who are experts on super niche subjects
2026-01-16 06:27:59
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Zelena🦋 :
This movie is my Roman Empire
2026-01-19 01:15:02
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Hilary Banks :
I think about this scene once a week. It’s fascinating and horrifying.
2026-02-07 06:33:20
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Sam Morris :
I love clever people
2025-12-18 15:58:36
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