(11-11-2015 02:49 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(11-11-2015 02:35 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(11-11-2015 02:32 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  uh, not at all what you wrote in your first post. If you said Jupiter curtails asteroids that may otherwise hit the earth then I wouldn't blink an eye but you said:

"Did you know if you removed Jupiter, all the other planets would just float out into space?

Jupiter holds the planets in orbit around the sun more than the sun does. "

and that's just not true.


Whether Jupiter was made of rock or gas it's gonna have the same effect on other planets. It would effect the gravitational force you'd feel standing on the planet but the further you got from the planet the more negligible it would be.

There is no need to get worked up over it.

The things I discussed are out there if you are interested in looking into them. Its not a JUST matter of which has more overall gravity, but a matter of how the different bodies react to each other due their relative positions with each other.

There is no way to prove the theory unless we remove Jupiter, and we can't do that. So its no big deal really.

It's crazy talk. The sun. The sun holds us in orbit end of story.

I'd be extremely interested in reading about Jupiter being the lynchpin that's holding the solar system together and would greatly appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.

(11-12-2015 12:52 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(11-12-2015 08:55 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(11-11-2015 02:02 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(11-11-2015 01:59 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(11-11-2015 01:37 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Its 3 times further than Pluto.

All forms of matter near our sun are effected by its gravity.

Most of them are even effect by Jupiter's gravity.

Did you know if you removed Jupiter, all the other planets would just float out into space?

Jupiter holds the planets in orbit around the sun more than the sun does.

Wut?

I don't think that's true. Jupiter is big but compared to the sun it's small.

Size has nothing to do with its gravity.

I wouldn't go that far. I mean, there's a reason you aren't being pulled towards your desk (whatever you are next to) but instead being pulled towards the Earth. Point being the Earth is a a lot bigger than that desk, etc so it's gravitational force is stronger. I do agree that Jupiter helps keep the Earth safe from rouge space objects though.

So you're saying that it's not the size that matters, but how you use it?