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What If Jupiter Collided With a Black Hole?

What If Jupiter Collided With a Black Hole?

By JHAY EMPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
What If Jupiter Collided With a Black Hole?
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If Jupiter were to collide with a black hole, the outcome would be catastrophic for the planet. Let's explore the potential scenario:

Then the black hole would finally Bear Down on Jupiter. and right away the gas giant would experience a similar attack on its atmosphere. the black hole would pull away hydrogen. and helium gases like yarn from a yarn ball eventually the entire planet would be pulled toward the black hole.

Black Hole's Gravitational Pull:A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it. A black hole's “surface,” called its event horizon, defines the boundary where the velocity needed to escape exceeds the speed of light, which is the speed limit of the cosmos. Black holes have an incredibly strong gravitational pull due to their immense mass. As Jupiter approached the black hole, it would be attracted by the black hole's gravity.

Tidal Forces: The moon's gravitational pull generates something called the tidal force. The tidal force causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side closest to the moon and the side farthest from the moon. These bulges of water are high tides. The gravitational forces exerted by the black hole would cause intense tidal forces on Jupiter. Tidal forces arise due to the difference in gravitational pull across an object. The side of Jupiter closer to the black hole would experience a much stronger gravitational force than the far side, causing tremendous stretching and deformation.

Spaghettification:What happens when you get spaghettified? You're beginning to stretch, resisting that stretch by the strength of the material making up your spacecraft. But in extreme situations the tidal forces will pull you apart, a process known as spaghettification.As Jupiter got closer to the black hole, the tidal forces would become increasingly powerful. This process, known as spaghettification, would cause Jupiter to be stretched and elongated into a long, thin shape resembling spaghetti. The immense gravitational forces would tear Jupiter apart.

Accretion Disk Formation: Accretion disk, a disklike flow of gas, plasma, dust, or particles around any astronomical object in which the material orbiting in the gravitational field of the object loses energy and angular momentum as it slowly spirals inward.The remains of Jupiter, along with its gas and debris, would form an accretion disk around the black hole. The intense gravitational forces and friction within the disk would cause the gas and debris to heat up and emit radiation.

Mass Consumption:Mass consumption implies that a large percentage of the population purchases or consumes the same products or services because large manufacturers produce and distribute their products widely. Over time, the black hole would gradually consume the material in the accretion disk, increasing its own mass. The black hole's gravitational pull would continue to draw in surrounding matter, including any remnants of Jupiter, until it was fully consumed.

What if a planet collided with a black hole?

If it gets close enough to you, it can: gravitationally wreck your orbit, eject you from your stellar system entirely, or even spaghettify you, where the tidal forces shred the planet apart entirely.

Is black hole bigger than Jupiter? At this point, black holes start to get pretty big compared to Earth, but it's still nothing when you consider the sheer mass they carry. Take this black hole, for example. It's nearly twice the size of Jupiter, spanning a region about 172,000 miles wide, but inside is as much mass as 47,000 suns.

It's worth noting that a black hole's gravitational influence extends far beyond its event horizon, which is the boundary beyond which nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Therefore, even if Jupiter were to collide with a black hole without entering its event horizon, the destructive forces from the intense gravitational pull would still lead to the planet's disintegration.

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