If neptune was shot into the sun what would happen?

Question

If neptune was shot into the sun what would happen?

Answer 1

As much as ridiculous questions bother me (like about 2012), this question is not impossible.   It's perfectly conceivable that some alien technology can move a planet.

Answer 2

At high enough speed, there could be temporary disturbance in the Sun.  But the Sun is much, much bigger.  Mostly likely, the Sun would just eat it.  No more Neptune.

Considering some sort of Dr. Evil experiment?

Answer 3

no actual force in real life would make that happen. but if it did happen, neptune would be swallowed whole by the sun

Answer 4

If it happened on the side facing the earth, the collision would probably release enough energy to be lethal here on earth.  Other than disturbing a fairly small area of the sun for awhile, it would eventually evaporate and be incorporated into the sun.

Answer 5

only one thing will happen, neptune will be lost.

sun is so big that it will easily swallow neptune.

Answer 6

I detest this kind of question: complete impossibilities.  Why bother asking such things?   No one is going to shoot any planet into the sun.  Why would anyone do such a thing.  Since it isn't going to happen I refuse to waste any further time considering the nonexistent consequences.

Answer 7

There is no conceivable mechanism by which it could happen, so why waste time speculating?

Answer 8

I know almost nothing about Neptune so if we survived i'd be interested in meeting the one that created the planet flinger.  :)

Answer 9

The Sun is about 20,000 times more massive than Neptune so as you could imagine any change wouldn't be too drastic.

The changes that would happen is that the Sun would cool minutely. Unlike Saturn and Jupiter which are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium that would might actually help fuel the sun, Neptune is an ice giant made up of water ammonia and methane.

The act of throwing a planet into the Sun would probably cause some relatively major disturbances on the Sun's surface compared to what we have seen on the Sun's surface thus far. I have not dedicated my life to the study of the Sun or stars so this is just an opinion, but I would expect either some random and powerful solar flairs or a full fledged drastic increase in solar flairs due to all the force of the impact causing more convection of the Sun's plasma.

The impact may also cause a "splash" of hydrogen that would radiate throughout the solar system. The Earth's magnetic sphere can deflect most of what the Sun throws at us these days, but this "splash" as I've been calling it might do a lot of damage to the Earth's surface. I would expect at very least a mass extinction.

Answer 10

there will be 7 planets left in our solar system.

compare the size of the shoemaker comet against Jupiter.  then a bit of math and imagination

Answer 11

"BOOM"

Neptune would be forever gone. However if Neptune was 2 times larger than the sun, then possibly something interesting would happen, like for instance, maybe the sun would vanish forever? O.o

Answer 12

it would make a large promince to eat neptune and then a large puff of fire.