Europa as close to the sun as Earth?

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Hey~!! ok..I have this homework due tomorrow..plus a test on science...(planets..) And here's one of the questions on my hmk.." If we could somehow bring Europa as close to the sun as the Earth is, 1AU, what do you think would happen?
 
The surface of the moon will melt, but before that happens, it will appear dazzlingly bright due to the reflection of the sunlight. Plenty of water would evaporate as well, leaving a rocky surface about 100 km lower than the original surface. If the moon were to hold on to the vapour released from the surface, a runaway greenhouse effect would cause it to grow very hot; if the vapour were to escape, the surface would just remain rocky and most likely lifeless.
 
To get Europa to melt, you'd have to bring it a little closer to the Sun than the Earth, or else add a bit of greenhouse gasses to its atmosphere. A frozen ball of water ice with no atmosphere is just stable at 1 AU from the Sun.
 
Europa to my memory is an ice moon of Jupiter.

The change would have several effects.

1. The moon Europa
The surface will change, most of the ice will melt an possibly another livable planet could be created. However this change will take years/decades.

2. The solar system
Each system has a balance and counter balance. Shifting the moon into the orbit of the Earth it would most probably increase the radius that the Earth circles the Sun. This again would impact the other planets in the solar system to increase or decrease their radius accordingly. Furthermore, Europa is smaller than the earth and therefore would have a different speed to the Earth and therefore would have to be repositioned to stop it from colliding with Earth.

This is only hypothetical, however I hope that no one ever does something that stupid.

Conclusion
It would never work.
 
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