Allright, suppose that somehow the planet Mercury suddenly flew into the sun! Would it be vaporizezzed, or would it last for some ammount of time? Would the sun have enough heat to vaporize a planet? I wanna' know!
2007-06-15 18:21:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Would there be an explosion of magnificant form, intensity and magnitude?
2007-06-15 18:22:57 · update #1
Basic atoms are pretty' tiny, aren't they?
2007-06-15 18:32:09 · update #2
Yes, atom are tiny.
Would the planet get vaporised? I don't think so, but as soon as it entered the sun's body, it would burn up.
Now why would it effect earth? Solar FLARES don't effect earth. A planet falling in would likely not be even notised until astronmers find a planet is missing
2007-06-16 01:17:39 · answer #1 · answered by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about those SOHO comets that fall into the Sun? The big ones survive until 1 solar radius of the Sun, and they're only kilometers wide and made of ice. It takes alot to vaporize a planet. What about all the lava and molten iron inside the Earth, why doesn't it melt us?
It would sink below the surface to be destroyed.
2007-06-16 02:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by anonymous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the question should be that does the sun's atmosphere have the ability to vaporize the planet before it hits the sun? It would probably be vaporized. Remember the episode with the comet hitting Jupiter a few years ago.
2007-06-16 01:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since Jupiter is the largest planet and the results would most likely not be catastrophic to any member of the solar syatem, Mercury, at less that 1/10,000 of Jupiter's mass would hardly cause the sun to belch. No need to ask about any more.
2007-06-16 01:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Brant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The planet would be vaporized long before it passed through the Suns photosphere. And it would probably have no measureable effect on the Sun at all.
Doug
2007-06-16 01:37:36 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mass of mercury is so tiny compared to the sun it would be like throwing a toothpick into a raging bonfire. Mercury would burn up into its basic atoms and we probably wouldnt be affected by it on Earth.
2007-06-16 01:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury would disintegrate. We would not notice it's destruction from Earth, it would be like a gnat landing on a Goodyear blimp, too tiny an event to see.
2007-06-16 04:08:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋