What would happen if Venus was to blow up?

Question

Would it affect us, how? Would it affect any other planets? How many explosives would you need to blow it up?

Answer 1

Hi Eulalea, greetings from Slandunk!

Wow! a very interesting question indeed. Thats what I call having an open mind, to come up with a question like that.

But I will do my best to answer it for you.

Just to let you know I have worked in many industries and have many qualifications, but one thing I have learn't id that you never stop learning, unless you want to.

Now! Back to your question:

Firstly we know that the Galaxy from a scientific view, has no known life to date, except for theories about mars being currently investigated where they think they have founf evidence that there was once water.

If Venus was to blow up, it would have a catastrophic impact upon every planet inthe galaxy we know.

There are so many variables that you would have to consider and in the end analysis even the worlds foremost scientists would be in dissagreement I am sure.

One thing I do know, that if by some chance Venus did "Blow UP" it would certainly impact upon our life here on earth. As you may be aware that even if earth were to be tilted off its axle by as little as 1 degree, it would have catastrophic effects upon the whether as we know it.
That would assume that a chunk of Venus hit earth which was big enough to do that, it could easily wipe out most of either the northern or southern hemisphere depending upon where the debri hit.

Then there is Tidal waves to consider, mass floodings of land,increadiible wheather turbulance, storms, rain, massive atmospheric activities etc..

As I said, It is an interesting question.

But I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. As we have enough on our hands down here on earth to contend with such as climate change , global warming, changes in the ozone layers, etc... and the list goes on and on.

One thing I do know fro experience is that what scientists said many years ago, especially those that are visionary such as Global warming and its impact upon the world with de-forrestation and increased carbon emissions choking the lungs of this world, they were laughed at or gagged, shut up, because people were not ready to here or be confronted by the truth until it was knoking upon their doorstps.

I'm afraid thats just the way most people are.

Anyway my friend, always keep an open mind and seek the truth and don't be shy about asking as many questions as you like because thats how one learns.

Heres one for you.

" To yourself be true" "don't ever compromise on what you believe, but! keep an open mind, as there are always two sides to every story"

All the best my friend, I hope this has helped a little.

Contact slamdunk through yahoo anytime.

Cheers!

Slam

Answer 2

Well, it would have to be hit by a passing black hole to "blow up" the way you describe...there wouldn't be enough explosives in existence to accomplish that! But...if it were possible, it would no doubt have an affect on all the planet's orbits---but mostly on the other inner planets of Mercury, Earth, and Mars. I doubt it would have any major affect on the rest of the planets, which are either too far or too massive.

Answer 3

the amount of explosives needed is far more than we could ever produce first the explosion needs to break the planet apart and give enough exceleration so that the pieces don't just stay stuck together because of gravity (this is called gravitational binding) and then still have enough power to escape the pull of the sun,
an explosion of this magnitude is not likly to leave very large pieces.

Other planets and ours are not likly to be effected it won't disrupt orbits due to some change in gravity since its gravitation pull is weak, put it this way the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth is greater than all the other planets in the solar system added together.
Impacts are very unlikely space is very big and nothing is static

Answer 4

That depends on the force exerted in the explosion.

A very weak explosion would just scatter small particles into space where they stay, large particles may get pulled into orbit by the sun or the Earth if it was close enough.

A medium explosion (debris are almost of the same size) will shoot debris on the orbits of other planets. If a planet like Earth or Mars was to hit these rocks, they would cause lots of damage and may wipe life out of our planet.

A big explosion may shoot debris at high velocities, so that if they collide with another heavenly body they may affect the orbit of the body. Or in a more destructive outcome, a large chunk of Venus rock may hit our moon and completely obliterate it. If that large rock was to hit Earth, you may see a crater as large as a continent.


To blow up a planet using the least number of explosives, bombard Venus with nukes on one side to make it veer away from its normal orbit. Even a little displacement make cause it to collide with other heavenly bodies, or even just zoom away from the solar system (if you provide enough force for Venus to achieve the Sun's escape velocity!).

Answer 5

If Venus was to blow up, then Earth would be 2nd from the Sun.

Considering that some comets paths are affected by the grativty of Venus, their trajectory may be altered - for better or worse - relative to Earth.

You wouldn't see the moring or evening star anymore and, women would come from Mercury...

As Venus is slightly smaller than Earth, you'd need more explosives than you can get your hands on... the best chance you'd have at blowing up a planet is to nuke it from the core... how much nuke?? don't know... heaps!!!

Answer 6

I think it will, in one way or another, affect our planet and the Solar System as a whole. Just use a super-nuke weapon and Venus would be history. That's an interesting thought... *rubs hands together*

Answer 7

If the debris miss our planet ( if Venus was orbiting far from earth) then we would still perish because our planet will move closer to the sun to compensate for the loss of gravity well that Venus used to occupy and all the orbits of the planets in sol system (even the sun) will become faster, in short the planetary configuration of our sol system will change dramatically, I would move to mars then :D

Answer 8

If it blew up on the other side of the sun - probably nothing would happen - the sun would swallow up the impact - if it went on a close orbit then it would probably be a case of head between your legs and kiss your a ss goodbye

Answer 9

If that would happen, then we on this planet "earth" in extreme large numbers see our last day !
The equilibre between all the planets of the solar system would be disturbed !!!

Answer 10

Good job, it's not a very pleasant place.
We might have a bit of a problem in retaining our orbit. That could be a trifle bad for the enviroment.