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The Finer Details Of A Global Ocean Planet
Some statistics (forgive the redundancy):
Radius - 5,400 mi or 8,690.458 km
Diameter - 10,800 mi or 17,380.915 km
Circumference - 33,929.2 mi or 54,603.754 km
Mass - 7.33x10^24 kg or approximately 1....
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Could my planet be habitable (Or partially habitable) by humans?
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I'm currently building a planet that I want to have both alien life forms and humans. It has the following traits:
Humans migrated from Earth a long time ago, but only landed on the planet 24 ...
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Software for simulating a slice of an atmosphere?
For my world, I want to simulate a 2d vertical slice of an atmosphere, to test if my assumptions about it are correct. The software needs to support gas compression via gravity, different gasses used ...
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Does it ever make sense to create a lunar atmosphere?
Relevant to this question. NASA says the very thin vacuum like Lunar atmosphere has sodium and potassium Does creating a very thin vacuum like lunar atmosphere of the metal atoms leftover after mining ...
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Sustainability of Regular Global Wildfires Due to Oxygen Rich Atmosphere
So, I've heard that above around 35% O2 concentration in Earth-like atmospheres leads to wildfires that just never go out.
I'm thinking of using this like California, with its regularly occuring ...
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What levels of Argon and Neon (along with other factors) are needed to make the entire sky orange and sustainable for life?
I've read several sites and even questions on here where the sky would appear almost white or light blue if it orbited an orange dwarf star. However, that is if the planet has the same atmosphere as ...
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50% O₂ 25% Neon 23% Nitrogen and 3% trace gasses?
Could an atmosphere of 50% O₂ 25% Neon 23% Nitrogen and 3% trace gasses be survivable for a human being at the similar or slightly less atmospheric pressures as Earth?
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Rainfall - poles versus hadley cells
I am attempting to build an earth-like planet using this blog post (mentioned to me by @MonicaCellio).
The post is great and I've been able to quickly and easily create a world. I've had a slight ...
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How would it be possible to have a singular island that is the only place suitable for human life?
I've been mulling over a way to create a post-apocalyptic world where all plant life in densely populated areas have died off and caused humans to die from lack of oxygen. In this world I would like a ...
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