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In the future when the sun ejects its outer layers as it becomes a white dwarf would there be enough ejected matter flying around the solar system to allow Jupiter to gain the required mass to become a star.
Yes, but that doesn't negate ukmicky's idea. Jupiter's gravity-well will be the recipient of a portion of that ejected gas and plasma. The question is, how much will it pull in?Vast said:Unfortunately that won’t be the case. ... gas is typically ejected out in a spherical shape to hundreds of light years.
DaveC426913 said:Yes, but that doesn't negate ukmicky's idea. Jupiter's gravity-well will be the recipient of a portion of that ejected gas and plasma. The question is, how much will it pull in?
However, I suspect there will still be 2 problems
1] the ejected matter is too hot and fast-moving to be captured
2] Jupiter will be heated by the pressure and wind and will actually begin losing its own atmo
ukmicky said:I read that in the beginnings of the process the speed of the gases coming from the sun will be traveling slowly at only a few miles per second and only later on reach thousands of miles per second. if that is true wouldn't Jupiter get its chance.
A white dwarf is a small, dense star that is the end result of a low or medium mass star's evolution. It is made up of the leftover core of the star after it has shed its outer layers.
As the Sun nears the end of its life, it will begin to run out of fuel to sustain its nuclear fusion reactions. This causes the core to collapse and the outer layers of the Sun to expand, eventually leading to the ejection of these layers.
The ejected layers of the Sun will form a planetary nebula, a beautiful glowing cloud of gas and dust. These nebulae play an important role in enriching the universe with elements necessary for the formation of new stars and planets.
It is estimated that the Sun will become a white dwarf in about 5 billion years. This is a relatively short period of time in the grand scale of the universe.
Yes, the Earth and all the other planets in the solar system will be affected by the Sun's transformation into a white dwarf. They will either be engulfed by the expanding outer layers of the Sun or they will be thrown out into space. In either case, life on Earth will not be able to survive.