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Posts by DPT‭

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Q&A What would cause a deep vertical gorge in a mountainside, on Earth?

I'd like earthquakes to cause deep gullies along some mountainsides of my planet. Here on earth, vertical fault scarps can form from earthquakes, but the examples I see online tend to be less gully...

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

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Q&A Do stars in a binary star system fall along the ecliptic?

I am wondering about Tatooine, and was reading about binary systems here, which provided a lot of good basic food for thought. My specific question is not addressed at that link, and so I pose it h...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by DPT‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by DPT‭

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Q&A What gases are made by a live, crackling, exposed electrical wire?

Are gases altered by live electricity, such as might be found along a humming electric fence? They could be formed directly or indirectly through effects on EM field, ionization, or hydrolysis - My...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by DPT‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by DPT‭

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Q&A What conditions would cause electricity to create carbon monoxide?

I've been mulling whether the local gaseous makeup of air is changed by electricity running along a wire. My previous question is on hold, and this one is different anyway. I couldn't find exactl...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by DPT‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by DPT‭

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Q&A Would lensing make stars in a binary system appear further apart at sunset?

I am revising my first draft and trying to add more evocative details. Here, I asked whether stars in a binary system are likely to fall on the ecliptic. As my hero hikes through the day and su...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by DPT‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by DPT‭

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Q&A Is the temperature on my planet affected whenever my binary stars are aligned?

Here I began exploring appearances of binary stars when standing on a planet. The planet orbits both stars. I've established through the help of this community that there are times that the two s...

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

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