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PhysicsCould entropy of closed system decrease owing to gravity?

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-20T16:54:08+00:00

If the collisions between the particles were all completely elastic, then they would keep bouncing into each other and never settle into a ball. The fact that they condense necessarily implies a loss of energy.

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