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what if Earth and Mars switched places

what if Earth and Mars switched places Mars is probably the most fascinating planet in the solar system for us humans it has been a subject of scientific research more than any other planet in fact scientists have been able to land robots on Mars and it is planned to be the first planet to host a human colony but have you ever imagined what would happen if Earth and Mars switched places how would it impact the two planets and what would happen to the life on Earth

so today's question is what if Earth and Mars switched places presently earth is situated at an average distance of approximately one hundred and forty nine point six million kilometers from the Sun now this distance increases in decreases depending upon Earth's position as it orbits around the Sun but this is roughly the average distance of our Earth from the Sun similarly the average distance of Mars from the Sun is about two hundred and twenty seven point nine million kilometers this means that currently the distance of Mars from the Sun is about one point five two times more than that of Earth so let's just imagine that by some weird unexplained phenomenon of nature Earth and Mars immediately switch places this would mean that earth would be situated at an average distance of two hundred and twenty-seven point nine million kilometers from the Sun on the other hand Mars would get much closer to the Sun and would orbit the Sun at an average distance of one hundred and forty nine point six million kilometers from the Sun now what would be the immediate effects on Earth the first effect would be that sunlight and the heat from the Sun would be almost half

as intense as the Earthlings are used to this would mean that we might just need to use streetlights and car headlights

even during the daytime also um more severe effect would be the temperatures dropping significantly all over the world and there would be a very high probability of an eternal Ice Age earth has a much denser atmosphere as compared to Mars so it would be able to retain much more heat than Mars but still it would not be enough to sustain the pleasant weather that Earth enjoys at its current position typically you can expect temperatures ranging from negative 153 degrees centigrade on the poles to about 10 to 25 degrees centigrade at the equator provided that the planet does not plunge into an ice age most of the places on earth will be uninhabitable due to extremely cold weather this would mean that the countries like Greenland Canada Iceland Norway Sweden and Denmark would be uninhabitable also many parts of Russia the United States and China would become extremely cold for humans to live so people in these places would have to move to warmer areas therefore there will be a huge concentration of people in some of the warmest countries on earth the entire population of the planet would be sharing almost half the land as before and you can pretty much expect all the world governments increasing their efforts to control population as you know every cloud has a silver lining in this specific scenario one of the silver linings would be the reduction of harmful UV rays hitting the surface of earth and therefore there would be a significant reduction in the cases of skin cancer and other skin diseases but on the flip side plants would grow much slower they would produce a lot less oxygen from photosynthesis and many of the animals would not be able to adapt to the reduction temperatures you can pretty much expect majority of the species of animals dying within a couple of years of Earth and Mars switching places the world population will be faced with multiple problems lower oxygen levels receiving lower energy from the Sun and lower temperatures to name a few also we would need a lot more acreage per person in order to grow food so you can add famine to the already exhausting list of disasters that humanity would be facing so humans would have to improvise quickly and adapt to the newer harsher conditions the governments would have to act quickly and take strict measures in order for humans to have any chance of long-term survival in case you are wondering what would happen to Mars the additions over there would be much better after switching places with earth the temperatures will be much more suitable for life the ice cover on its poles will melt releasing various gases that would make the atmosphere of Mars slightly thicker than before one thing that scientists seem to be confused about is the question that how would and Mars switch in places affect the grand scheme of things in the solar system some believe that it would not change much in both earth and Mars will continue to orbit the Sun just like they currently do while others believe that the current state of solar system has been achieved by extreme fine-tuning spanning over billions of years and any change can unbalance the entire solar system the planets could potentially collide and we could very well be faced with a doomsday scenario so it's probably best for us humans that Earth and Mars don't switch places and we continue to enjoy the current cozy position our earth has in the solar system