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Are geographically typed planets realistic?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 month ago by aCVn

reality-check planets geography
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Asteroid flux or: How to make a planet perfect for mining

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 month ago by aCVn

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How do seasons work in a binary system (planet orbits one star, not both)?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 2 months ago by Monica Cellio

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How much does my secondary star heat the planet orbiting my primary star?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 2 months ago by Monica Cellio

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Inverse orbital direction

2 answers  ·  last activity 2 months ago by HDE 226868

planets orbital-mechanics
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Do seasons occur on a tidally-locked planet?

4 answers  ·  last activity 2 months ago by HDE 226868

astronomy planets seasons astrophysics tidally-locked
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How do I calculate the loss of primordial heat for a given age and mass of a planet?

3 answers  ·  last activity 2 months ago by HDE 226868

planets thermodynamics
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What could cause Earth to drift out of orbit over a period of months to years?

6 answers  ·  last activity 2 months ago by aCVn

planets science-based apocalypse earth
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How to Calculate Apparent Magnitude/Brightness of Planets from Within the same Solar System

0 answers  ·  last activity 2 months ago by A.E. Stephenson

astronomy planets orbital-mechanics optics
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How large would be the habitable area in a tidally locked planet?

2 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Mister Onion

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Are these traits for my planet mathematically accurate? Could it support life?

2 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Praearcturus

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Earth-sized Moon with Host Planet launched from Star System

4 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by user76027

biology planets moons orbital-mechanics rogue-planets xenobiology
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Properties of an Argon based gas giant

1 answer  ·  last activity 3 months ago by RMurphy-Keith

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How far above the galactic plane could an Earth-like planet develop?

1 answer  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Vigilant

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How large and compact could a cold east Mongolia-like steppe be on an Earth-sized planet?

1 answer  ·  last activity 3 months ago by galactic_analyzer

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Would a civilization living on a planet without a moon still come up with the concept of months?

6 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by galactic_analyzer

planets society civilization time-keeping time
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How Would I Make an Oceanless World Feasible?

8 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by The Weasel Sagas

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How can a rogue planet get energy for plants to use?

8 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep

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Is there a plausible way to have a Gas Giant with two or more earth to mars sized moons orbiting it in the Habitable zone?

2 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Khwarezm

astronomy planets science-based moons
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Greenhouse Effect Strength- Ammonia World

1 answer  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Sam D. Jones

planets chemistry
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Putting together a research expedition to an alien planet - what kind of scientists am I taking with me?

4 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Faz

planets scientific-development exploration
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When earth is filled to the brim with plant-life, can it cause a hyperoxic environment?

3 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by chaeltom

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Temperatures on an Earth with a week-long rotational period

2 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Ryan Williamson

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Would it make sense to send potential human colonists on the initial manned expedition to a habitable, Earth-like planet?

5 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Space_Cadet

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I want ten Earth-years long day on my planet. Can I have it?

6 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Zjerzy

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Is my planet realistic?

4 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by LonelyCryptid

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What is the tallest mountain possible in any gravitational environment?

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Slarty

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Binary Star System Build - Alpha Centauri

1 answer  ·  last activity 4 months ago by user72655

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Is it possible for a planet to only support liquid water at the poles?

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Ichthys King

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Could habitable planets form in an ultracompact galaxy?

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by RandySavage

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Would a life-bearing Earth-like world with 3g average gravity produce more or fewer flying creatures than Earth?

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by James Grossmann

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Distance from Jupiter to minimize destructive tidal forces

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Carlos Zamora

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Can a perpetually darkening atmosphere exist and yet still allow life to evolve?

3 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by QUESTER42

biology atmosphere planets xenobiology
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How did aliens on a habitable planet hide themselves during the recon and scouting stage by human colonists?

12 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Faz

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Planet with double the orbital period of Earth

4 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Julianne

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Making the exoplanet with the most complicated seasons

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by aphid

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Is it possible for a planet to have an area saturated with lava but at the same time is still habitable to humans and other lifeforms?

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by In the name of the story

planets geography geology
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I'm formulating a planet that has silver dust on its surface, and ideally has rivers of mercury flowing on it, possible? Human survival not necessary

3 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by RJ0001

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Giant planet renders one side of its moon deadly, the 'shadow side' habitable. How?

3 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by N. Bleac

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How Would I Believably Wipe Out an Entire Planet's Population and Culture Without Destroying Said Planet?

5 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by The Weasel Sagas

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Plausible reasons for a whole planet to have a temperate oceanic climate?

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by The Weasel Sagas

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Would these processes be probable on this planet?

3 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Covision

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Consequences of hitting a Pluto-like planet with a highly luminiferous meteorite?

1 answer  ·  last activity 5 months ago by CAE Jones

reality-check planets geology
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Are Geologically Dead Planets Habitable?

9 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by The Weasel Sagas

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Feasibilty of binary planet having life

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Rebel110

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How massive would a planet need to be to sustain negligible damage from impact with the Earth?

6 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Wax

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What are planetary side effects of having a thicker atmosphere?

1 answer  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Vigilant

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What kind of climates and biomes would exist on the continents a tidally locked ocean world?

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by SentiCarter

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What are some ways to hide a planet?

11 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Primordial

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Colonies on Jupiter

4 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by CatSharkSnake

space planets colonies colonization space-colonization rogue-planets survival
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