Activity for Carlos Zamora
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Distance from Jupiter to minimize destructive tidal forces There is a video from "What If" that tells about (precisely) "What if Earth was a moon of Jupiter":What if the Earth Was a Moon of Jupiter And, in a short story I am writing in an alternate reality I have more or less that scenario: Jupiter is located from the Sun in the Earth orbit, and Earth is a ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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What color should the snow be in this chlorine world? This question is in the same context (the same world) proposed by Steven L. Gillett in his book: "World-building". And actually there have been some other questions about this same chlorinated world. For example this: Are plastic plants plausible? Long history short: The world is Earth-like (same b... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Is it possible for an organic species to generate a steady magnetic field? There are some organisms that can generate electricity (eels, for example). And some others can detect magnetic fields and use it for navigation (birds, for example): https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/science/study-sheds-light-on-how-pigeons-navigate-by-magnetic-field.html But, is it possible for... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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How close from Earth could a wandering flare red dwarf star be without causing havoc? Rewriting the question to clarify: The time and location is now in our current Earth. A wandering red dwarf flare star (like Wolf 359) is moving towards our Solar System. The question: How close could it be to Earth without disrupting our civilization?. (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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How long will it take to discover they live on a moon and not on a planet? In my alternate reality, Earth is not a planet. It is a moon and orbits a gas giant (however it has all of Earth's characteristics, it is also full of humans and life as we know it). This is the only moon the gas giant has. This alternate Earth is tidally locked. This means that the people who live o... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Are the petroleum deposits correlated to the dinosaurs extintion? I am designing an alternate world where the meteorite that caused the massive dinosaurs extinction never hit Earth. I am stuck in one point: If the massive deaths of the dinosaurs worldwide never happened, the petroleum deposits will not be the same as today? I know the petroleum is formed with organ... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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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 out the sizes and distances However, my question is related to a very particular side-effect of the tid... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Alternative elements for oxygen transport in an alien blood I am designing an alien civilization for a story, and I am currently in the biological part. They will be oxygen breathers, so they will need to have that oxygen delivered inside their bodies, and I am looking for alternatives to that function: I don't want to use iron oxide to transport the oxygen, ... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |