by that I mean Earth and the rest of the solar system?
2007-09-17 09:48:56 · 6 answers · asked by howard f 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The current model is that, as the Sun ages, it will cool down and expand, eventually enveloping Mercury, Venus, Mars, and possibly Earth. So, technically, this is expected to happen, not quite like your question infers, but consider that as the Sun expands and swallows Mercury, the planet will dissolve, blending with the materials of the Sun. Since the Sun's relationship with the solar system is in balance, the net gravitational status may not change much.
If Mercury or something like it were to 'splash' into the Sun, the alteration of its balance would create a huge and reverberating disturbance.
There is a GREAT short story titled, "Inconsistent Moon", which won the Hugo Award. The story explains the impact on Earth as the Sun ceases to be the stable star it shows itself to be.
Check your library. When the story was written, the landmarks depicted in Los Angeles, were all very well known and most popular.
2007-09-17 11:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by science_joe_2000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing much. Mercury is too small to cause any important changes to the Sun if it fell in and Mercury does not affect the rest of the solar system much at all so we wouldn't miss it.
2007-09-17 10:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly, it could of course be the top for each thing on earth and a extensive volume of warmth could be generated interior the collision, however the solar as an entire could no longer often be affected in any respect. Oh, you're a similar one that asked what could ensue if the solar fell out of the sky. enable's remember, those issues are not going to ensue. The solar will strengthen to envelop the earth in approximately 5 billion years, yet that's no longer incredibly what you're asking. James, it could be relating to a similar time that the righties could admit some thing is going on. there is easily no longer something elusive approximately worldwide warming.
2016-11-14 17:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by pontonio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be some realignment of planetary orbits, we would move closer to the Sun, the balance of the solar system would alter.
2007-09-17 10:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by Benthebus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nothing. the sun would burn up Mercury into nothing and we would not be affected
2007-09-17 10:03:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arrgh it be Davy Jones's locker for all of us bilge rats. Yarragh (Just getting in early)
2007-09-17 10:23:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋