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The Moon at the same distance it currently is
What it would look like from earth if jupiter was the same size as the moon
IndianaChones
I'm 35 and still giggle about Uranus.
fuckmeusername
Saturn looks like a nosy bastard. Like "hey. hey earth. Whatcha doin?"
ListenHereYouLittleShit
We would also be FUCKING DEAD!
WildRosso
I like this one better, personally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlLnaJiGY8
shotrocket6
This is WILDLY inaccurate. I don't even need to cite anything. That Jupiter would only be that big compared to the moon is absurd.
Murrdogg
Here's a (LOnnnng) pic I made with the Moon/Earth to scale back when an asteroid buzzed us 9months ago:
Mabalzrkold
ShittyComment
What happened to Mercury?????
Batmanatee
He ran away with Pluto :(
WhiteCat92
here other planets to planets comparison
TexicusMicahcus
Slow clap all the way to your fat ass moms house
MustangLover2
Wow; that's really cool to visualize it like this. How about if the Sun was that close? Right. We'd be sucked in. Never mind.
Fenriswaffles
If the sun were that close (or we were that close to the sun) we'd be about 310 thousand km below its surface. I think, math isn't my forté.
FallenAngelOne
Um the sun in the orbit of the moon would actually engulf earth actually...
SacreDoom
Kept waiting for the "your mom" picture. Was disappointed.
Kabibble
WHERE THE FUCK IS PLUTO?
hoopyhoop
In the Kuiper belt where it belongs.
Kabibble
I'll kuiper YOUR belt
DaveCoulierDeservedAnEmmy
Still smaller than OP's mom.
Shamorza
If Earth was this close to Saturn, the gravity of Saturn would force Earth to land on it like a bird dropping on your car's windshield.
snotabooga
Have an upvote for Scientific accuracy.
CynicalFish
If the moon was this close to the Earth, the gravity of Earth would force the moon to land on it like.. oh wait.
whatsisname
Not if the earth is moving fast enough.
tolatetocomment
Exactly, glad to see someone understands orbits.
Outline
u r planet
anxiously
Uranus is big!
carewyllie
I believe that Jupiter should be MUCH bigger than this.
leedsward
no I don't : http://www.spirit-alembic.com/Issue5/jupiter-saturn.jpg
leedsward
I beleive you
temotodochi
Compared to moon, oh yeah: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Jupiter_Earth_Moon_Comparison.png
devans
I thought the last one would be a picture of your mum
Brionyrae
This scares the shit out of me
jamesllegade
what...? where is; "Your Mom"???
FaxCelestis
I too am disappointed.
yamashi
Hehehe, Uranus.
ThatJohnDenverIsFullOfShitMan
I've never felt so close to Uranus before.
nazeradom
You know when sometimes images don't need to be gifs to convey the meaning. This is one of those times.
lesbianyellowsourfruit
yeah it took me a minute to comprehend what was going on. i blame the gifs
HighAdmiralWiggles
I dunno, Jupiter's rotation and Saturn's moon are kinda neat to have in gif form.
Rezol
That would have been cool. Like cinemagraphs. But now it's just bad and they are gifs because that's more popular and gets more upvotes.
he2lium
And then God created Saturn... And he liked it... So he put a ring on it.
CaptnVonClapp
Dude, institution of marriage right there. Haha, great joke. May I use it in the wide real world of earth? Not that Imgur... sigh... may I?
he2lium
You may spread the Word of the Lord.
tracereading
Then you remember that each of those rings is made up of several earth-sized satellites that got smacked the fuck up.
TwoHookersAndAnEightball
The E-ring of Jupiter is being created by cryovolcanism on Europa that is one of its moons!
GoogleFucker
He must have liked it a lot, because he put a lot of rings on it
he2lium
BEHOLD the fabulous Love and Power of God Almighty!
trustmeimanaerospaceengineeer
Jupiter has a ring too, you just cant see it
he2lium
So it's more of a Promise Ring?
FurryFeetys
Woah oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Thatguy6545
Pretty sure if they were that close we'd all be dead.
DerFoxeh
I expected a whole lot of havoc and destruction from Jupiter. Better luck next time...
Keydan
Pretty sure you're right if it were any of the big guys.
cheeesetoast
pessimist
Koantum
Aside from the insane tidal effects on water, tidal forces would cause constant earthquakes, volcanism, and a stripping of the atmosphere.
Koantum
Most likely Earth would eventually be locked into a synchronous orbit. (I'm mainly thinking about Jupiter and Saturn in all this.)
RottenState
I wonder what would happen.. Could Earth orbit a gas giant or is too big?
whatsisname
Earth could orbit Jupiter, however it would be a fairly unpleasant place to live. Io is about as far from Jupiter as the moon is from Earth.
whatsisname
and is the most geologically active body in our solar system as a result.
Rezol
Anything can orbit anything. It just has to have the exact right velocity and distance.
Koantum
Objects tend to find whichever orbit makes sense based on whatever their velocity and distance are.
Rezol
Yep. Zero gravity at large scale is a strange concept to think about too much.
stutteringbob
Earth would become really messed up. The Moon alone is responsible for the tides. Imagine tides with Jupiter instead..
RottenState
"normal" ebb and flow would be... disruptive.. I imagine, heh.
Sakkura
The Moon is not solely responsible for the tides. The Sun accounts for a third of the effect, the Moon for two thirds.
moterola4
I think the technical term for that is "water fucking everywhere".
HiSuperNintendoChalmers
I miss pluto :(
GeorgeSteinbrenner
What's Pluto?
oreothecat
only 90's kids remember
nanokazi
never forget...
chiaotzuman
too soon :(
NotACanadian
Pluto has hundreds of other Trans-Neptunian objects to keep him company. Calling him a planet would mean they would have to be planets too.
UristMcLazy
THEN THEY GET TO BE PLANETS.
Keydan
THEN WE WILL HAVE TO CALL YOUR MAMA A PLANET, CUZ YO MAMA SO FAT!
sladigar
Why? It's still there...
Keydan
Seriously the kid is still in the neighborhood, he just repainted the house.
Lego23
Duuuude...
hihellogoodbye
I wish it was like that. Just for looks not for any of the bad effects it would have on us.
YerKillingMeSmalls
Aww don't be scared. It's only gunna hurt a little. It'll be over in a minute.
dogalog
Really though. How ballin would it be to have saturn just chillin there all the time!
ButtersTheGreat13
Saturn :Yo, I heard you ring
hihellogoodbye
So ballin. Really though i wish it could.
deftly
I like how you covered your bases with that last remark.
hihellogoodbye
I know how imgur works lol. I would be attacked for being so ignorant.
Torang12
It's okay, sometimes it happens to the best of us.
THRAWN18
We would be use to the visual though and it would be normal for us to see it.
Killerby
I'm still captivated by the stars EVERY time I look at them. If you are bored with the majestic beauty around us, I feel sorry for you, kid
THRAWN18
You are missing the point. Normal can still be amazing, but it is just that...normal. We would be use to seeing it.
Killerby
No, I think you are missing the point, kiddo.
THRAWN18
Holy crap, I could have had a kid in the time this response happened.
Yongasoo
The moon is a normal sight and it's still beautiful.
THRAWN18
Thanks for pretty much stating what I was trying to state with a few extra words.
hihellogoodbye
I agree. I love watching clouds, stars and the moon still. Never gets old.
UnlikelyMotivation
The scale is WAY off on this.
temotodochi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Jupiter_Earth_Moon_Comparison.png
Koantum
1 Jupiter diameter = 40 Moon diameters
zt2211
Your copypasta skills impress me.
temotodochi
Indeed. This is more like "look i can fit these in the picture". Jupiter at moon distance would fill the whole sky, and kill all of us.
Koantum
The relative scales look pretty accurate to me. Jupiter would take up roughly 20° of your field of view (40 moons).
temotodochi
Nope, look at this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Jupiter_Earth_Moon_Comparison.png
Koantum
139822 / 3474 = 40.25; 142984 / 3474 = 41.16. Here are 40 moons from the moon picture laid across Jupiter:
whatsisname
That picture doesn't show, and you are not realizing, just how far away from earth the moon is.
temotodochi
Of course it doesn't show the distance, that picture is just for size comparison. It wouldn't make sense to create a 200000+n pixel image
Koantum
The Moon's diameter is 3474 km. Jupiter is an oblate spheroid. Pole to pole diameter = 139822 km, and equator diamater = 142984 km.
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
I have a feeling this isn't exactly right... Jupiter is so much larger than Earth, I think it would crush us
ticklishpear
http://imgur.com/MSIVSIW
Koantum
Jupiter would not crush earth, but we would orbit Jupiter and the tidal effects would be devastating.
whatsisname
The earth is a lot bigger than satellites and those manage to stay up in the sky.
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
that isn't what I was saying. I know Earth could stay up (obviously). It is just, if Jupiter was as close to Earth as the moon is (1/2)
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
Then it would take up more sky, and probably crush us cuz of its size
Locnar
Yes, quite. And think of all the tidal movements
vibrantlightsaber
And would take up substantially more of the sky.
whatsisname
The moon is a really long way away.
MrROFLKNIFE
It wouldn't crush us if we were orbiting at a proper speed. Anything can orbit anything else, regardless of size
MrROFLKNIFE
Rather, *any two objects can be in an orbital interaction with one another
nacko
True, just stay outside the Roche limit. Assuming we weren't torn apart, tidal heating would surely create some spectacular volcanism.
JaqenHgar
I don't think this representation even considers the resulting gravitational net force.... nor does it accurately portray the sizes haha
JaqenHgar
Would be very interesting to have a truly scientific study to show these things though
Koantum
1 Jupiter diameter = 40 Moon diameters
Koantum
The only point of this post is to portray the sizes, and it does so pretty well.
TehPankakeMan
This, good sir, is why it is amazing that we went to the moon. much further than people think. /a/HxNxU
thebadmanpuntedbaxter
What's the diameter with the rings though? I'm sure it's still not big enough to touch us, but still significantly closer.
TehPankakeMan
not sure, didnt dive that deeply into it.
thebadmanpuntedbaxter
Looks like the inner rings A-F extend ~140k km from center. So total dia of ~280k km. Outer rings reach as far as 4m - 13m km from center!
thebadmanpuntedbaxter
According to Wikipedia anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn
Ulfhedna
That really did change my perspective.
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
it is much farther that I thought! especially compared to Jupiter (which is HUGE). But i am sure it would have some effects on us
TehPankakeMan
without a doubt, i just don't think the physics of it all were at question in the original post, just the pretty view.
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
Well. would be interesting. Just like having two moons would be, like Mars has.
rydog
I thought Uranus would be bigger
ringox
That's what she said
YoullHaveSome
Not since the accident.
lokihasanarmy
damn I'm 7 hours too late
boonach
SHE DOOOOOOOOn't
TheInfamousWolf
Ah, Uranus. The butt of all planet jokes
JaqenHgar
Well, it actually should be lol
cruhnks21
Right? I mean it's... wait a minute!
Furjacket
I knew this would be a joke when i saw Uranus, that was lovely
OtherTahomaOctopusGuy
Damn i was gonna say that:( ive been beat
DeathDoctorTrafalgarLaw
Didn't say that to your Mom that night.
AgDrumma07
...but it was when I was done with her. Amirite?
DeathDoctorTrafalgarLaw
Damn.. You won.. take my upvote
AgDrumma07
I didn't even know it was a competition. :) Thank you.
DeathDoctorTrafalgarLaw
You made it a competition!
andycarroll09
I thought Jupiter was three times the size of Saturn. Hmm.
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Bjorrie
should have worked in uranus
TheFilesAreINSIDETheComputer
Yeah, well I thought that Mercury was a planet.
Rezol
Saturn's radius is approx. 60 250 kilometers at the equator. Jupiter's is 71 500 km.
erockinit
http://www.imagineeringezine.com/graphics/size2.jpg
GaneshaTheElephantGod
nope, not even double the size
fisk42
A quick glance at wikipedia shows that Jupiter is around 10,000 km LARGER than Saturn, and quite a bit closer to boot.
raggedclaws
how is it that literally all of you have different measurements for the planets' respective radii?
Buckethead0004
Are you suggesting that something on imgur is factually incorrect?!
xZora
Jupiter's radius is 43.4k miles, and Saturn's is 36.2k miles.
themetalviper
Nope, it's diameter is only 1.15 times bigger than Saturn, and that's not even counting the rings.
hansolo128
Three times as massive but only about 15% more volume. Saturn is basically a space marshmallow, it is big but not dense at all.
imnotgoingtodebateyoujerry
Space marshmallow would be a good band name.
kbenn
Not at all true
noah12345678987654321
girls go to jupiter to get more stupider
diddiz
Jupiter - 142.984km, Saturn - 120.536km, checks out.
JakOtheShadows
This. Jupiter should be far bigger than this gif shows it to be. Really all of the gas giants...
themetalviper
Venus's Diameter is 1/4 of Uranus's. I don't know if the total scale is good but it seems to me like the relative sizes are good.
JakOtheShadows
I was gonna say that Venus should be a bit larger too, but I suppose it also depends on where we live.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
Your mom's a gas giant!
JakOtheShadows
Your mom's gas is giant!
tombosleyV2
comment of the year right there... I NOMINATE THEE
lozeldatkm
...should be swallowing the earth whole in those gifs.
thechancesofthisusernamebeingtakendecreaseasikeeptyping
why do you say that?
lozeldatkm
gravity, yo
thechancesofthisusernamebeingtakendecreaseasikeeptyping
Would have some massive tides, but earth could orbit Jupiter reasonably safely Id bet
thechancesofthisusernamebeingtakendecreaseasikeeptyping
Doesn't look too bad... radius of Jupiter is ~70k km, lunar orbit ~385k km, giving angle (fraction of FOV) 2*tan^-1(70/385) ~= 20.6°
JakOtheShadows
I am seeing your calculations and realized that I underestimated the lunar orbit distance. This is why I do molecular science.
sardeliac
If Jupiter were as close as the moon, it'd look something like this.
Strudol
I think it would utterly fill up the sky. you can litterally fit 3 earths into the great redspot on a good day
andysniper
my god. do want.
stayfoxy
I like this, can we please do this?
Leah24
NOPE. I'm not sure why, but this frightens me
temotodochi
Quite right, we would be very, very dead. Jupiter outputs huge amounts of radiation.
MasterOfEntropy
With the right focal length: http://www.pastro.org/dnn/Portals/0/Gallery/Album/10/2012%20Lick%20Moonrise%20March%20033%20B.jpg
oifaen
So we would be the moon
OriginalUsername2
Sup Socrates
sardeliac
Or: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2345679/Photographer-Ron-Miller-creates-incredible-pictures-look-like-planets-closer.html
metpetnet
Thank you.
CantRememberUsername
Jupiter scares me
summitshow
How about the sun then ?!
andycarroll09
How about it?
summitshow
HOW BOUT INSERT IT ASWELL ?!
Sakkura
If the Sun was in the Moon's place, the Earth would be deep inside it.
summitshow
Yes! Do wanna see that aswell :D
ghsdkgb
Three times the mass, maybe. Not three times the volume
somethingsomethingbacon
If you did triple the volume the diameter would increase by about 45%
KMV9
Jupiter: 1321.3 Earths. Saturn: 763.59 Earths.
ghsdkgb
So... not even that, then.
justanotheroneofthosegenericlongusernames
Is that radius or volume?
KMV9
Volume, as in that many Earths would fit inside. So says Wikipedia at least.
TheThingNoNotThatOne
Whatever one makes KMV9 right and you wrong.
justanotheroneofthosegenericlongusernames
How am I wrong? I didn't make a statement...
GoogleFucker
I feel a bit cheated with Jupiter...
MPinky
ikr, at that point we'd be the moon of Jupiter...
EulaliaSaxons
Why are you downvoted?!
temotodochi
Nope, check this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Jupiter_Earth_Moon_Comparison.png
wizardry88
Yeah, this is inaccurate, this youtube video shows it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Yi58jtNdY
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
I thought you would feel cheated with Uranus. sry I do like a tree and leaf.
MeSoMerry
Well it *is* where we boys go to get more stupider...
TyrannosaurusChexMix
Thank you
IDidJust
I also feel a bit cheated, I half expected to see the Death Star in there as well.
Thestarfishontopofthechristmastree
Note that pictures make them look smaller than real life.
ticklishpear
Extremely relevant: http://imgur.com/MSIVSIW
scorks
You must've waited so long for that...
ticklishpear
Whenever I hear the word "Jupiter" my mind immediately says it in Kel's voice...
9thDr
I must confess, I feel a bit cheated "Your Mom" wasn't one of them.
Shairee
Yeah, I thought it was more like this: http://static.fjcdn.com/gifs/If+Jupiter+was+as+close+as+the+moon.+Obviously+not_2cebb9_4519248.gif
brandeded
Ahh! That shit scares the living fuck sticks out of me!
Koantum
One Jupiter diameter = 40 Moon diameters
PopeMindless23
I didn't count those is that 40?
Koantum
Yes. At every five there is a white dot which makes it easy to count.
PopeMindless23
...too lazy to ctrl+scroll.. lol
StamosatmyFuneral
Indeed, I thought it would absorb the sky.
Micker3460
That video is full of shit though :) It doesn't even make sense it's covering so much of the sky.
IHaveAPhrasalUserNameLikeThisOneCauseTheyAlwaysGetTheTopComment
Jupiter is big, but you shouldn't underestimate the distance between the Earth and the moon. I thought Jupiter would be bigger too though.
Rezol
I did too, so I checked up some planet sizes (Jupiter ~71 500 km) and the moon's distance (~384 400km). Everything checks out.
RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy
Hm that's what I thought too
Johannesaurus
Is it if the surface were the same distance as the moon's surface, or if their orbits were the same (center is the same distance)?
Rezol
...good question. It may be the former, although "same distance" most likely means the latter when talking to an astronomer.
GoogleFucker
But it shouldn't be smaller than Saturn?
Rezol
Its radius is just roughly 10 000 km larger than Saturn. But yes, Jupiter should be a bit bigger.
Efreeti
Look again. It IS a bit bigger.
Rezol
I know it is, but it should be even slightly bigger. They all should, including the moon. Because focal depth:
GoogleFucker
I didn't take the rings into consideration....
Rezol
Yeah, that's another hint that something is off. The rings would be "only" ~130 000 kilometres away. A third of the distance to the moon.
hansolo128
Saturn is almost as big (in diameter not mass). 70KM vs 60KM. Throw on the rings and it would probably take up a much larger field of view.
jaskey
I feel like we would be in the ring.
GoogleFucker
Yeah, I ended up mentioning that I didn't take the rings into consideration
irrelevantPseudonym
I'm not sure but I think Jupiter is bigger than 70km across.
irrelevantPseudonym
(I know)