Activity for Rangoon‭

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Question	—	A Worldwide Wave What would have to happen for a giant tidal wave to wash its way around an entire planet? The planet can be like earth, with the same size, mass, and everything else. However the wave must start without an impact from space. (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Conjoined Planets? I was wondering if two bodies could be physically connected to each other such as the ones in the art I have attached. Is there any realism to it? Original art by Dave Melvin (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	Planet loses its Core What would happen to a planet if its core suddenly disappeared? I'm talking instantly and without warning, gone. I'm not concerned with how scientifically accurate this would be, because I'm absolutely sure it's impossible. I'm instead concerned with how the mantle, crust, and other parts/layers of ... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	Tides on a Water World How would waves and tides work on a planet that is completely covered by Ocean? It would have: Oceans of Similar depth to Earth's Atmosphere extremely similar to Earth's Same type of star and distance from star as Earth Similar Moon to Earth's (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	The Science behind Miller's Planet In the movie Interstellar, Miller's planet is an ocean planet orbiting extremely close to a black hole. The ridiculous tidal effects caused by the black hole cause the planet's water to concentrate into mile-high super tsunamis. Is something like this possible in real life? Is the passage of time sl... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	Planet with an inactive and connected lithosphere? As you know, Earth has active and moving techtonic plates known as the lithosphere. They float on the asthenosphere and slowly move about. Here's my question: Can a planet with a hot molten core have a lithosphere-like layer where all pieces are solidly connected and are stationary? I would also pre... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	Likelihood of Torus planets forming You've most likely heard that planets can exist in the shape of a donut, also known as a torus. These toroidal worlds could even support human life, as long as it spun fast enough to balance out it's own gravity, and contained some form of water, air, and food. I'm wondering if there are any possibl... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How many moons can form around this alternate Earth? Say in an alternate timeline, Earth developed with more moons. Many, many many more moons. In fact, it developed with the absolute maximum amount of moons a planet of its size and mass can physically harbor without anything becoming unstable. How many moons would there be? How big would they be? Wo... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Simple question about ring physics Can a planet (gas giant or otherwise) have rings not around the equator, but instead rings running from pole to pole? Think of Uranus' rings, except the planet isn't on it's side (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Question about the possibility of a Ternary planet system Ok, I know it sounds very far-fetched, but I'm curious. We know that Binary stars truly exist, and that binary planets are all but confirmed. Here's my insane question: can there be a TERNARY planet orbit? Is it even remotely possible that three sister planets can orbit each other? This would b... (more)	—	over 7 years ago