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It would just bump Venus's orbit a bit - probably not even enough to notice. A single asteroid doesn't have the potential energy to destabilize a planetary orbi
by dangerlibrary 14y ago
It would just bump Venus's orbit a bit - probably not even enough to notice. A single asteroid doesn't have the potential energy to destabilize a planetary orbit.
see: the pockmarked surface of the moon, which still has a stable orbit.
- rikacomet 14y agobut what if it sets of some sort of chemical reaction, Venus does not have a atmosphere like earth, so he asteroid would hit its bare face, perhaps setting off some sort of volcanic reaction? Just saying, as I don't want us to be on the blind side of the fence. Clearly, the whole system is our domain, and we should be know events like this are not to be ignored, as they are way bigger than your average metropolitan housing millions of you and me.
- TallGuyShort 14y agoVenus' does have an atmosphere - and a denser one than Earth, at that.
- JshWright 14y agoThis is a fairly small asteroid on the scale of planets. While it might have some negative consequences for the thin film of life clinging to the surface, the planet itself wouldn't even notice. Impacts _much_ larger than this one have happened many times over the course of our planet's history, and have had no significant impact on our orbit.
- rmc 14y agoVenus does have an athmosphere, it's just not made of the same gasses as the Earth's athmosphere. There is no "bare face".