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Currently Jupiters moon's Io, Europa, and Ganymede are in a Laplace resonance. If Mars's moon's Phobos and Deimos were in such a Laplace resonance (1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 8:1) would it affect Mars? If yes, please explain how you feel it would...

1) Think what Tesla achieved in the field of "Resonance" with just a small oscillating piston. Now ask yourself, would life exist on Earth without the moon? No - This can be assumed because we have not found life on planets with zero moons, nor on planets with more than 1 moon, but have...

True, but currently Phobos and Deimos do not orbit Mars in an Orbital Resonance like Io, Europa, and Ganymede do with Jupiter. If we could create an Orbital Resonance with the moons of Mars, tidal friction would occur, possibly heating up Mars interior, to melt underground ice, releasing liquid...

So you don't believe humans could move an asteroid to avoid hitting Earth? Phobos and Deimos wouldn't have to join overnight, just make enough of an alteration in the direction of Phobos to travel faster than Deimos is traveling away from Mars, like Earth's moon is currently doing. Eventually...

Do you believe some sort of large focused nuclear explosion could exert enough force to move Phobos into a higher orbit without shattering it? Or would a small oscillating force over a long period of time be a better approach? Any possibility of making fuel from Phobos itself?

Answer: Why? 1) To give NASA a large goal that doesn't require the negative PR of human loss. 2) To give NASA the time to formulate a plan, practice, and create the tools necessary to move an asteroid or comet when it is on a collision course with Earth (The Universe: Season 3, Ep.6 - Deadly...

With current technology, could humans move Phobos to join with Deimos to create a single Mars moon? Move moon as a whole/cut it up and move it in peices, etc.

QUESTION: Does this hold true for all elements?

xlines, thanks for replying. I do have a follow up question though. If you believe a mass about 1/10th the size of the Sun can achieve fusion, than why aren't there any signs of fusion coming from Jupiter? As for the link to Wikipedia, I'm not too sure about their credibility, but I will...

At what mass (if any) could a perfectly spherical, stationary object, without the influence of external gravitational forces, achieve fusion in space? Why/why not? What would, or would not, be the outcome of the sphere? Please supply link(s) to additional information.