Turning a gas giant into a sun.
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Plecostomus
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If you did so illegally would it constitute arson or does arson only cover chemical combustion and not thermonuclear mayhem?
Yeah, just ram it into another gas giant. 
If that doesn't work, keep doing it until it does...
If that doesn't work, keep doing it until it does...
Really? So what do you call it if someone burns down a public building?
Legally, no one owns Jupiter.
Then how come people used to say "Buy Jupiter!" all the time?
The U.N. through the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
It could also be a violation of Article I which guarantees the right to scientific exploration. After all, someone else might have wanted to study Jupiter in its original state.
If someone turned Jupiter into a star, it could also be construed as a violation of Article IV of the treaty, prohibiting the use of celestial bodies for non-peaceful purposes--provided one could prove damages.
Clearly, a mass generation device of such power could be a weapon. Operating such a thing would not be illegal in and of itself, but should the device ever be brought into Earth orbit, that would violate Article IV as well.
Just try enforcing that one.
Well, obviously, if you want to turn a planet into a star, first you need to get it a good agent... 
Well, obviously, if you want to turn a planet into a star, first you need to get it a good agent...
*throws a tomato*
Oh, good, I'm out of tomatoes.
Urban renewal?
Christopher,
Arson
Arson
How many buildings, public or private, exist on Jupiter anyway?
None that I know of...
However if Jupiter turned into a star, life on earth would not be possible...
However if Jupiter turned into a star, life on earth would not be possible...
Would depend on what kind of star, if it were turned into a dwarf star it's effects would be minimal here if any.
And by the way Jupiter would have to be 50x more massive than it is now to become a star.
Negative. If Jupiter were to become a star, it would not affect the Earth much at all.
It might make things a little warmer, but not lethally much. It is 5 AU away, after all, and with its small mass, it would be a very dim red dwarf at best.
Arthur C. Clarke did that to Jupiter in 2010, AFAIR.
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