What would happen if Saturn crashed into Jupiter?

Answer 1

This is might happen: Since Jupiter is much bigger and has a higher density I would bet on a mixture of gases flowing toward Jupiter from a meandering Saturn long before the two planets met. The last two comet impacts on Jupiter tells us that Jupiter is protecting the inner planets from comets by eating them. Saturns' fate would be similar, but on a massive scale. There could be interactions that might upset our solar system even further than the loss of one of the gas giants. Since Jupiter is more massive I see Saturn heading toward it and our local star, Sol. Perhaps the victim of an onslaught of comets or its neighbor slowing it down. This is possible seeing that Neptune might have got hit and went into its' oval orbit.

Answer 2

If Saturn were to crash into Jupiter, it is likely that both planets would be destroyed due to the high impact forces involved. The collision would result in a massive release of energy, potentially causing a significant disruption in our solar system. The debris from the collision could also pose a threat to other nearby celestial bodies.

Answer 3

Hypothetically, if Jupiter were to be swallowed up by the Sun, that's exactly what would happen: the Sun is so much larger than Jupiter that it would simply disappear within, perhaps producing a massive solar flare (the solar equivalent of a big belch).

However, if that were to happen, it would be bad news for the rest of the solar system: while Jupiter's mass is tiny compared to the Sun's, it's massive compared to every other planet and asteroid.

In the course of moving toward the sun, Jupiter's gravity would no doubt disturb the orbits of all of the inner rocky planets, including Earth; perhaps fatally. Worse, it would send a huge number of asteroids careening around the inner solar system, leading to potential meteorite impacts along the line of the one that destroyed the dinosaurs and reshaped our planet's history, 65 million years ago.

In short, no good could come of such an event.

Answer 4

that will never happen

Answer 5

Don't expect to survive the experience.

Answer 6

December 21, 2020 is the day that Jupiter conjunction Saturn in the sky is at peak power. It doesn’t indicate that major events of the Jupiter-Saturn type will occur on that day. It does indicate that the covid-19 economic recovery, which involves living with the coronavirus, will be slow and prone to falter.

But possibly, Saturn COULD crash into Jupiter. All answers aren't always true, they don't always come true.

So it wouldn't be a yes or a no, it would be a maybe.