• Question: @stefan what would happen if a planet disappeared?

    Asked by 428bdta37 to Stefan on 18 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Stefan Lines

      Stefan Lines answered on 18 Nov 2014:


      Surprisingly little! Even if you made the largest planet in our solar system vanish (impossible of course) then it wouldn’t have much gravitational effect on us. Jupiters moons however would have some issues, and be flung off into space – possibly in our direction.

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