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Captured Earth-Like Moons around Gas Giants Is there a limit (and if so, what is it) to the size (mass) of terrestrial planet that could be "captured" as a moon by a migrating gas giant? I'm writing a novel where a colony ship crashes on such a moon. My research tells me that a moon around a gas-giant is not likely to be larger than 1:10,000t... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Re-entry scenario Scenario for a novel: Earth mass planet (say between 0.8 and 1.4 Earth masses) captured as moon by migrating gas-giant (say 5 Jupiter masses) (not wedded to this setting, moon can be bigger or smaller, or I can jettison the gas-giant altogether, I just like the trope). Vehicle in orbit suffers unp... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |