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Q&A How To Make an Earth with 27 Suns Work, Attempt Two: Orbital Stability

This is the continuation of a thread of related posts on a hypothetical alternate universe/Light Plane. Other posts from this thread are here: How To Make an Earth with 27 Suns Work Radiation L...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by FoxElemental‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by FoxElemental‭

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Q&A Can giant planets in the habitable zone have rocky moons?

My question is in the context of a fictional super-Neptune that lies in the habitable zone of its host star system. Giant planets only form beyond the Frost Line of their protoplanetary disk, and...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Arkenstein XII‭

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Q&A Climate on a planet with huge tides

Tidea is a moon with an atmosphere orbiting a giant planet. Due to that, tidal forces on Tidea are enormous. I'm working on trying to understand how would the climate be on Tidea. Relevant things...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Masclins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Masclins‭

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Rigorous Science What would tides look like on a planet with two similarly sized and oppositely places moons?

I'm making a mostly ice planet with two moons. For the purposes of this question, let's assume that they are both proportional size and distance to the size and distance to our moon. Both are tidal...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by greenmaster‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by greenmaster‭

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Q&A Is it possible an ice line from pole to pole in a tidally locked Earth-like moon?

I am aware that there are a lot of answers explaining the fundamentals of a tidally locked "Earth-like" moon around a giant gas planet. For example this one: Habitable moon of a gas giant: working ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Carlos Zamora‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Carlos Zamora‭

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Q&A Would a planet with these seasons be possible?

Just as a disclaimer, I have very little knowledge on the science on all of this and have a very poor grasp on what is plausible and what isn't, but I suppose that's why I am here. I have a concept...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by EJdare‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by EJdare‭