The Asteroid Belt
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Interesting story.
tl;dr: If there were a planet between Mars and Jupiter and it were of sufficient mass, it would disrupt the orbit of Jupiter, and potentially all other planets, making life difficult, if not unsustainable or impossible.
https://scitechdaily.com/astrophysicist-reveals-planet-that-could-end-life-on-earth/
The results, published in the Planetary Science Journal, were mostly disastrous for the solar system. “This fictional planet gives a nudge to Jupiter that is just enough to destabilize everything else,” Kane said. “Despite many astronomers having wished for this extra planet, it’s a good thing we don’t have it.”
Depending on the mass and exact location of a super-Earth, its presence could ultimately eject Mercury and Venus as well as Earth from the solar system. It could also destabilize the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, tossing them into outer space as well.
The super-Earth would change the shape of this Earth’s orbit, making it far less habitable than it is today, if not ending life entirely.
If Kane made the planet’s mass smaller and put it directly in between Mars and Jupiter, he saw it was possible for the planet to remain stable for a long period of time. But small moves in any direction and, “things would go poorly,” he said.
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Same goes for pretty much every other planet, given enough time.
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Interesting story.
tl;dr: If there were a planet between Mars and Jupiter and it were of sufficient mass, it would disrupt the orbit of Jupiter, and potentially all other planets, making life difficult, if not unsustainable or impossible.
https://scitechdaily.com/astrophysicist-reveals-planet-that-could-end-life-on-earth/
The results, published in the Planetary Science Journal, were mostly disastrous for the solar system. “This fictional planet gives a nudge to Jupiter that is just enough to destabilize everything else,” Kane said. “Despite many astronomers having wished for this extra planet, it’s a good thing we don’t have it.”
Depending on the mass and exact location of a super-Earth, its presence could ultimately eject Mercury and Venus as well as Earth from the solar system. It could also destabilize the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, tossing them into outer space as well.
The super-Earth would change the shape of this Earth’s orbit, making it far less habitable than it is today, if not ending life entirely.
If Kane made the planet’s mass smaller and put it directly in between Mars and Jupiter, he saw it was possible for the planet to remain stable for a long period of time. But small moves in any direction and, “things would go poorly,” he said.
@George-K said in The Asteroid Belt:
Interesting story.
tl;dr: If there were a planet between Mars and Jupiter and it were of sufficient mass, it would disrupt the orbit of Jupiter, and potentially all other planets, making life difficult, if not unsustainable or impossible.
I’m pretty sure that’s Elon’s stretch goal.
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Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
@Copper said in The Asteroid Belt:
Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
There will be a day when it will not go away The atmosphere will be stripped away, the oceans will boil into vapor and be lost to space. The earth will be too hot to sustain any form of life as we know it.
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@Copper said in The Asteroid Belt:
Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
There will be a day when it will not go away The atmosphere will be stripped away, the oceans will boil into vapor and be lost to space. The earth will be too hot to sustain any form of life as we know it.
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@Copper said in The Asteroid Belt:
Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
There will be a day when it will not go away The atmosphere will be stripped away, the oceans will boil into vapor and be lost to space. The earth will be too hot to sustain any form of life as we know it.
@mark said in The Asteroid Belt:
@Copper said in The Asteroid Belt:
Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
There will be a day when it will not go away The atmosphere will be stripped away, the oceans will boil into vapor and be lost to space. The earth will be too hot to sustain any form of life as we know it.
Mars with heat.
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@mark said in The Asteroid Belt:
@Copper said in The Asteroid Belt:
Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
There will be a day when it will not go away The atmosphere will be stripped away, the oceans will boil into vapor and be lost to space. The earth will be too hot to sustain any form of life as we know it.
Mars with heat.
@Jolly said in The Asteroid Belt:
@mark said in The Asteroid Belt:
@Copper said in The Asteroid Belt:
Yes, given enough time, Earth will have an environmental crisis.
Then it will go away.
Then it will come back again.
There will be a day when it will not go away The atmosphere will be stripped away, the oceans will boil into vapor and be lost to space. The earth will be too hot to sustain any form of life as we know it.
Mars with heat.
For a while. Then it will be consumed by the expanding sun as it transitions to the red giant phase before ultimately becoming a white dwarf.
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On the positive side, inflation and unemployment will both hit record lows.
