What would happen if a planet was removed from the solar system?

Only the bigger planets’ disappearance would cause changes over a period of time; namely, there would be a change in how some planets interact with each other. Each planet maintains its own orbit around the Sun, along with a series of satellites revolving around each one.

What planet got removed from the solar system?

Pluto
In 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted the much-loved Pluto from its position as the ninth planet from the Sun to one of five “dwarf planets.” The IAU had likely not anticipated the widespread outrage that followed the change in the solar system’s lineup.

What if Jupiter was removed?

Answer: Instantaneously removing Jupiter from the solar system would have little effect on Earth and the other planets. Now, Jupiter’s removal would have a big effect on its moons and the asteroids which inhabit the asteroid belt since Jupiter’s mass has a big effect on their orbits.

Can you remove a planet?

Most planets can exist for a long, long time, but they can’t last forever. Hungry stars and violent planetary neighbors can completely destroy a world, while impacts and excessive volcanism can render a habitable world sterile by stripping the planet of its water.

What if there is no Earth?

Without life, Earth might be similar to Venus. There would be no oxygen, but abundant carbon dioxide, which could create a runaway greenhouse effect, evaporating the oceans. There would also probably be sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere, resulting in sulphuric and nitric acid rain.

What if the moon hit Earth?

Once the Moon began it’s trajectory towards the planet, it would increase the tidal impact it has on us. By the time it hit the Roche limit, it would be causing tides as high as 7,600 meters (30,000 feet). Our world would be devastated by an army of tsunamis – ten times a day.

What would happen if there was no life on other planets?

That would largely depend on the planet. If it was some puny little planet like Mercury or Venus; there would be no effect whatsoever to the overall functioning of the solar system. If it was Earth, there would still be no change in the overall functioning; except there would be no life (as we know) in the solar system.

What if Jupiter was removed from the Solar System?

If Jupiter was somehow removed or teleported to another solar system, these asteroids would have nothing to hold them in place. They’d get pulled in by the huge gravity of the Sun and on their way, a couple of them would collide with planets, probably even Earth (Everyone Dies™!).

What would happen if all the planets in our Solar System broke apart?

The big effects would be jupiter and saturn, and to some extent Mars. Over time removing one of those would change orbits of all the others, maybe quite severely, some might end up at least for a time in significantly more elliptical orbits, which would be catastrophic for earth.

What would happen if the sun disappeared?

A disappearance of the Sun would result in chaos throughout the solar system. So, with gravity—the main force existing in space—playing a side role in the interaction of planets, it becomes a question of which planet’s disappearance would have the most negative effect.