powerstar Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 (realizing that the Physics does not allow for it) "If Jupiter had the same mass it has now but was undergoing nuclear reactions of such a level that it was shining just as bright as our sun, what would that do to our life here on Earth?” All I am asking you to do is to identify ONE thing that would change BUT you must also tell why it would change. Remember – we orbit the sun because of its excessive mass and the mass of Jupiter in this thought problem is NOT to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Without actually rationalising it - I would have thought it would make almost sod all difference. Surely received light of of a new body with the same surface temperature will be proportional to the extra area in the sky. Jupiter is about 100 times smaller than the sun - so the area would be about 10,000 times smaller. So we would have an increase of less than 1 part in 10,000 (.01pct). As the solar variation in the last 10 years the solar variation is about .1 pct it would be not great shakes. I might do the sums later to see if my guess is correct 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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