How Long Could You Survive On Each Of The Planets In The Solar System?
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What we are about to do is merely a mental experiment to ascertain how much life would be available to a human being who--without any form of protection--would find himself magically catapulted to the surface of a solar system planet.
And the experiment could not be otherwise than mental, since, as we are about to learn, in most cases the unfortunate person would have so little time at his disposal that it would be impossible for him to let us know what is really going on!
But before we move on to planets, it is perhaps worthwhile to have a clear understanding of the sequence of events that could lead to the death of a human being in the cosmic void, which is, after all, the most normal and dangerous environment among those that it is possible to encounter in space…
Let us start with the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury.
It is the smallest in the solar system and for this reason, does not have sufficient gravitational force to hold an atmosphere.
Venus, the planet of love...
Unlike Mercury, there is also too much atmospheric pressure on Venus--even equivalent to that which would be measured in a terrestrial ocean at a depth of a thousand meters.
Mars, familiar but still deadly
Although it is known as Earth's twin planet, the surface conditions are quite treacherous. Mars is full of deserts, is extremely cold, and has a very little atmosphere.
Jupiter, the king of the gas giants
Jupiter is literally just a ball of gas, so there is nothing to land on. If someone were to dump you (with the right speed and direction) from the hatch of a spaceship, you would simply begin to fall into nothingness.
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune: the result is the same
For the other gas giants, roughly the same applies to Jupiter.
Whether you prefer to jump headlong through its atmosphere, or whether you want to try to rest your feet on something solid, death will seize you either by suffocation or crushing in a very few seconds.
Titan, a moon of Saturn
From the standpoint of our thought experiment, the only interesting object in the outer solar system might be Titan, Saturn's large satellite.
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00:00 Intro
6:30 Mercury
7:42 Venus
8:42 Mars
9:42 Jupiter
10:38 Saturn- Uranus - Neptune
10:59 Titan
11:50 Pluto and Eris
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