Posts by MasonChane‭

Is it safe to assume that any two binary planets of 0.5 to 1.5 Earth masses having mass ratios of 1:1 up to 2:1 would always have become tidally locked to one another long before any life could nat...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by MasonChane‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by MasonChane‭

I'm trying to work with Dermott's Law to develop a generalized "formula" for assigning major moons to gas- and ice-giant planets, but it doesn't seem to work. If I use the values specified for Jup...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by MasonChane‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by MasonChane‭