What if Saturn was our moon?

Because Saturn is so large, the Earth would quickly become its moon. And if Earth orbited around Saturn, it simply wouldn't be the Earth we know today. Finally, moving on to the big guy, Jupiter. At 41 times the size of the Moon, you wouldn't even be able to see the North and South poles of the gas giant.

What would happen if Saturn was the Moon?

What would happen if Saturn was our moon? By the time Saturn is at the same distance as the Moon its tides would be many thousands of times stronger than the Moon's. Fault lines would rupture volcanoes would blow their tops and anything left on the surface of the Earth would be wiped out.

What if we replaced our moon with Jupiter?

There would be a much stronger gravitational force on the part of Earth facing Jupiter than on the side facing space. And that would start distorting the Earth's shape. Deadly earthquakes would become common as parts of Earth were ripped apart. And violent volcanic eruptions would destroy cities and pollute our air.

Is Saturn's moon habitable?

Habitability Outside the Habitability Zone

The Saturn system is far outside of the habitable zone, and Titan's surface temperature is so cold that the moon's surface is largely water ice instead of rock. But the temperature is just right for liquid methane and ethane.

What if Earth had rings?

At the equator, the rings would appear to divide the sun, casting a dramatic shadow over half the world. Likewise, the rings themselves would cast shadows on Earth.

What If Each Planet Replaced Our Moon?

What if Jupiter hit the sun?

If Jupiter were mixed throughout the sun, the temperature of the sun would decrease slightly, and perhaps it would take a few hundred years for the sun's temperature to return to its previous level, and maybe we would get a few basis points less solar radiation, but it wouldn't go out. Highly active question.

Can humans live on Titan?

Titan is extremely cold, with an annual temperature of -180 C (-291 F), but thankfully, due to its thick atmosphere, humans walking outside on titan would only need warm clothing and respirators. Titan's atmosphere lacks oxygen; however it contains ice water below its surface that can be used as a source of oxygen.

Is Titan bigger than Earth?

Because Titan is less massive than Earth, its gravity doesn't hold onto its gaseous envelope as tightly, so the atmosphere extends to an altitude 10 times higher than Earth's—nearly 370 miles (600 kilometers) into space.

Can we terraform Titan?

To break it down, only Enceladus and Titan appear to be viable candidates for terraforming. However, in both cases, the process of turning them into habitable worlds where human beings could exist without the need for pressurized structures or protective suits would be a long and costly one.

What if Mercury was Earth's moon?

Mercury would look exactly like our Moon with its dark gray surface and asteroid craters. And it's only 1.5 times the size, so its impact on our tidal systems and climate wouldn't be disastrous. Out of all the planets in our Solar System, Mercury would be the safest one to replace our Moon.

Can Saturn destroy Earth?

After reaching a certain distance from Earth, the tidal force on Earth would be so strong that it would tear our planet apart – literally! All of this would happen when Saturn was still more than a million kilometers away from Earth!

Does it rain on Titan?

While Earth rain falls at about 20 miles per hour (9.2 meters per second), scientists have calculated that rain on Titan falls at about 3.5 miles per hour (1.6 meters per second), or about six times more slowly than Earth's rain. Titan's raindrops can also be pretty large.

Can we colonize Titan?

In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization. Saturn's unique moon Titan is one of several candidates for possible future colonization in the outer planets in the solar system.

Does any planet have oxygen?

There is only one planet where gaseous oxygen is found: Earth! And the only reason that Earth has oxygen is because Earth has plants that do photosynthesis. There is no other natural process that we know of that will put significant amounts of oxygen into a planet's atmosphere.

Can we live Europa?

Europa's surface is blasted by radiation from Jupiter. That's a bad thing for life on the surface – it couldn't survive. But the radiation may create fuel for life in an ocean below the surface. The radiation splits apart water molecules (H2O, made of oxygen and hydrogen) in Europa's extremely tenuous atmosphere.

Can humans live Uranus?

Uranus' environment is not conducive to life as we know it. The temperatures, pressures, and materials that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme and volatile for organisms to adapt to.

Is terraforming Mars possible?

So can we do it? The short answer is no. Using data from rovers and spacecrafts that have been monitoring Mars, the team in the study identified all of the planet's possible reservoirs of carbon dioxide and their potential contributions to the atmosphere.

What if Neptune hit the Sun?

So if Neptune were thrust so much closer to the Sun, it would warm up very quickly indeed. Over time, the Sun would affect Neptune's atmosphere, as it does Mercury's. Neptune's atmosphere is composed of hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of methane.

Can you fuel the Sun?

The only fuel the Sun can use for fusion is in the core, which accounts for only 0.8% of the Sun's volume and 34% of its mass. When it uses up that hydrogen in the core, it'll blow off its outer layers into space and then shrink down into a white dwarf.

Is there a black hole in the Sun?

No. Stars like the Sun just aren't massive enough to become black holes. Instead, in several billion years, the Sun will cast off its outer layers, and its core will form a white dwarf - a dense ball of carbon and oxygen that no longer produces nuclear energy, but that shines because it is very hot.