Jupiter

[powerstar]

(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.

[imatfaal]

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