Cool! Sounds like a plausible backstory too. Carry on
Cool! Sounds like a plausible backstory too. Carry on
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You know...I don't know how much Sci-Fi you read, but are you familiar with Robert Silverberg's Majipoor? It's a gigantic world settled by humans....I think he got by the gravity thing by making the planet less dense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majipoor_series
Just food for thought.
How about atmospheric density...if gravity acts more forcefully on the gasses (whatever their makeup) then they are under more pressure and will behave differently yes?
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Yup, I did this. But I don't want it to be too low, since I want it to be a metal rich planet (metals are nice for many things, including life, they have plenty of functions in our bodies). I'm pretty sure that a low average planetary density indicates a metal poor planet. To add to that, huge planets (that are not gas planets, but rocky/terrestial ones), because of their large mass which increases their gravity and pull the planets mass more inwards, becoming more dense, will naturally assume a much higher density than a smaller planet. In other words, density increases exponentially with mass because of gravity, and a lot of mass is needed to make a large terrestial planet. I'm curious what the mass, diameter and density of the planet is that you refered to, its not in the wiki article. But you can only go so far down with the density until it becomes a gassy planet instead of a terrestial one.Originally Posted by dlaporte7271
And yup, the atmosphere's components, pressure and density would also have an effect. What, I'm not exactly sure... Perhaps the heavier the gas, less warmth they need to sink back to the Earth, thus creating more Hadley cells?
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