Well what do we have here? (Spoiler Glitch)

5PIDER

5PIDER
You can find this in Ross 780. Federation system.

Looks like we have a Class IV gas giant colliding with a Class M star.

The star is .3 solar mass and .5 solar radius.

The gas giant is 617 earth masses with a radius of 75,000km.

10s8x9u.jpg
 
Last edited:

scorpyon

scorpyon
When a Gas Giant collides with a Sun, wouldn't you expect the gas to ignite in something spectacular?
I'm slightly disappointed this hasn't happened...
:D
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
scorpyon said:
When a Gas Giant collides with a Sun, wouldn't you expect the gas to ignite in something spectacular?
Click to expand...

Actually, I've been thinking about things like this a lot recently (um... No, I have no explanation for that). I'm not sure it would. The masses we are talking about are massive, and it would depend a lot on the gases etc. involved. Under some circumstances I reckon it would be entirely reasonable for the gas giant to simply be swallowed by the sun.

Though in this case, I'm not sure that this was intended. :)
 

VR Dextrovix

VR Dextrovix
Interesting, I will be checking this out myself later! I take it that this is a bug as per the OP, as in reality the gas giant would have been consumed, let alone what might have happened to that star?
 

5PIDER

5PIDER
dextrovix said:
Interesting, I will be checking this out myself later! I take it that this is a bug as per the OP, as in reality the gas giant would have been consumed, let alone what might have happened to that star?
Click to expand...
It would be slowly destroyed with rings of material coming off the gas giant due to the suns gravity.

It would not be able to get close enough to the sun to collide with it before it was destroyed, I believe.
 
Last edited:

Cmdr AntonyW

C
scorpyon said:
When a Gas Giant collides with a Sun, wouldn't you expect the gas to ignite in something spectacular?
I'm slightly disappointed this hasn't happened...
:D
Click to expand...

Some thing spectacular would be good :)

I'm no astrophysics expert - but maybe one will contribute to the thread.

Gas giants are usually mostly hydrogen and some helium - which won't burn in the chemical sense (i.e. fire) without a source of oxygen.

My guess as to what would happen is that the hydrogen would be pulled into the body of the star - dramatically warping the planet in the process - providing it with a bit more fuel for nuclear fusion - but only when it gets pulled into the high compression region closer to the centre of the star. Maybe you'd get a chance to see the planet core as this happens.

Just found this - which seems relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-12b

That'd sure be pretty.

- - - Updated - - -

shadragon said:
Article from the Christian Science Monitor. Says the process takes ten million years.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0525/Hubble-telescope-observes-star-devouring-planet-WASP-12b
Click to expand...

Lol - ninja'd
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom