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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This would have some amount of effect on the earth, though I'm not knowledgeable enough to say what the effect would be. I could imagine the result being anywhere from "it's measurable with scientific instruments" and up to "all life on earth will die within hours".

~~Off the top of my head iirc Neptune prevents a huge amount of large meteors from hitting the earth, so i think for that reason alone it would lead to earth being frequently hit with meteors that each cause nuclear weapon level of destruction.~~

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Actually Jupiter is the planet that protects us from asteroids, so that specific effect probably wouldn't be in play