[gorgoiler]

If I were to visit the sun I’d probably orbit it close up, rather than landing on the surface. Seems like the sensible thing to do.

Being in orbit, I would sense weightlessness while being in the presences of an enormous gravitational field. Just as in orbit around earth: gravity is still there, you just can’t feel it.

Would I notice anything different when weightlessly orbiting something 300,000x more massive than earth?

[imglorp]

> Would I notice anything different when weightlessly orbiting something 300,000x more massive than earth?

Yes, due to tidal forces being stronger at one end of you than the other. You could use the formula given below but it looks like about a quarter of a newton.

One other thing: not sure you could "land on the surface" because it's all plasma. Flying through it might be interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification

[mcbits]

I would think orbiting near the sun still just feels like free fall (as far as gravity is concerned), but close to an extremely dense object like a black hole might have enough of a gradient to feel the "spaghettification" effect or even be ripped apart by it.

Yep, that's a word! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification