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This is might happen: Since Jupiter is much bigger and has a higher density I would bet on a mixture of gases flowing toward Jupiter from a meandering Saturn long before the two planets met. The last two comet impacts on Jupiter tells us that Jupiter is protecting the inner planets from comets by eating them. Saturns' fate would be similar, but on a massive scale. There could be interactions that might upset our solar system even further than the loss of one of the gas giants. Since Jupiter is more massive I see Saturn heading toward it and our local star, Sol. Perhaps the victim of an onslaught of comets or its neighbor slowing it down. This is possible seeing that Neptune might have got hit and went into its' oval orbit.
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∙ 12y agoHypothetically, if Jupiter were to be swallowed up by the Sun, that's exactly what would happen: the Sun is so much larger than Jupiter that it would simply disappear within, perhaps producing a massive solar flare (the solar equivalent of a big belch).
However, if that were to happen, it would be bad news for the rest of the solar system: while Jupiter's mass is tiny compared to the Sun's, it's massive compared to every other planet and asteroid.
In the course of moving toward the sun, Jupiter's gravity would no doubt disturb the orbits of all of the inner rocky planets, including Earth; perhaps fatally. Worse, it would send a huge number of asteroids careening around the inner solar system, leading to potential meteorite impacts along the line of the one that destroyed the dinosaurs and reshaped our planet's history, 65 million years ago.
In short, no good could come of such an event.
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∙ 12y agothat will never happen
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∙ 10y agoDon't expect to survive the experience.
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December 21, 2020 is the day that Jupiter conjunction Saturn in the sky is at peak power. It doesn’t indicate that major events of the Jupiter-Saturn type will occur on that day. It does indicate that the covid-19 economic recovery, which involves living with the coronavirus, will be slow and prone to falter.
But possibly, Saturn COULD crash into Jupiter. All answers aren't always true, they don't always come true.
So it wouldn't be a yes or a no, it would be a maybe.
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How large is Jupiter seen from Saturn?
From my calculations the distance from Saturn to Jupiter is nearly the same distance it is from Earth to Jupiter. Give or take 50 million miles or so the view of Jupiter from Saturn would be about the same as our view here is on Earth. Good question!!
Was Saturn more powerful than Zeus?
Well, Saturn/Kronos was overthrown by Zues/Jupiter, so i would say no.
What number of smallest or largest is Uranus?
If ranking it only according to size, Uranus would be the third largest planet (after Jupiter and Saturn). If ranking it according to mass, it would be the 5th largest planet (after Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune).
How many times can Pluto fit in Saturn?
Only 1 whole Saturn would fit inside of Jupiter. In decimals, you'd only get 1.2 Saturns on Jupiter.
Why did the voyager 1 and 2 not land on Saturn or Jupiter?
The Voyager spacecraft are interplanetary probes and did not carry landers. Any spacecraft attempting to land on Jupiter would be crushed by the extreme pressures and magnetic fields and would fall for days before reaching the core of the planet because as Saturn and Jupiter are gas giants they have no surface as such.
Would you weigh the least on Jupiter Pluto Saturn or earth?
Which planet would I weigh the least Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn, or Earth
Is Saturn the 1 largest planet?
No, that would be Jupiter.
would Saturn be a baseball if Jupiter was a basketball?
yes
How large is Jupiter seen from Saturn?
From my calculations the distance from Saturn to Jupiter is nearly the same distance it is from Earth to Jupiter. Give or take 50 million miles or so the view of Jupiter from Saturn would be about the same as our view here is on Earth. Good question!!
Is Saturn the closest gas giant to the sun?
No. That would be Jupiter.
Which planet appears biggest and brightest to the sun at noon Saturn or Pluto or Jupiter?
None of them would be visible. If one was - it would be Jupiter,
Is Jupiter more or less than halfway to Saturn from the sun?
Both Jupiter and Saturn vary their distance from the sun as they move in their orbits. Jupiter ranges from 4.9 to 5.4 AU from the sun Saturn ranges from 9.0 to 10,1 AU from the sun. So at times Jupiter is more than halfway to saturn from the sun and at other times it is less. It would probably be best to say that the orbit of Jupiter is about halfway from the sun to the orbit of Saturn
What would happen if a dwarf star crashed into a planet?
If a dwarf star crashed into a planet,the planet would likely explode.
What would happen if there is spark in Jupiter's atmosphere?
nothing would happen because comets hit Jupiter when it is hot and it does not burn up it. if Jupiter was a a bit bigger it would start to glow.
What would happen to a satellite if it went to close to Saturn?
It would crash on Saturn.
What is Jupiter's brightest object in the sky?
Even on Jupiter, or in the vicinity of Jupiter, the sun is still the brightest object in the sky. The brightest planet would be Saturn.
Would Jupiter float if placed in water?
The average density of Jupiter is 1.326 g/cm3The average density of a human is 1.01 g/cm3Therefore, a human would float on Jupiter since human density < Jupiter density.What is likely to happen is the outer layers of Jupiter are not very dense much less than 1 g/cm3. Near the center of Jupiter the density would be much greater due to the pressure from all the atmosphere above it pushing and compressing it.So a human body would end up floating somewhere in the middle of Jupiter, it would not be at the "surface." It would also not be able to sink to the center.
