Planet Generation

[Noven]

I generated a planet and system using Space for a fantasy game idea that I have and I wanted to share the results with you all since the ending result was very interesting. Also, for the scientists out there, I wanted some input on how the world would be acting from a meteorological and geological standpoint.

Note: I have not generated the other planets yet, and was not going to do that today.

Source

Zeta Tucanae System Information
Number of Stars: 1
Star Mass

    * Primary Star Mass: 1.15
    * Star System Age: 4.4 billion years

Stellar Characteristics


Primary Star Luminosity Class V (Main Sequence)

    * Spectral Type: F9
    * Effective Temperature: 6100 K
    * Current Luminosity: 2.18805970149253731343
    * Star Radius: 0.00616171507211541672 AU
    * No Gas Giant Arrangement 


Orbital Zones

    * Star Inner Limit Radius: 0.115 AU
    * Star Outer Limit Radius: 46 AU
    * Star Snow Line: 7.1741643644649102056 AU

Zeta Tucanae
	Orbital Radius
Asteroid Belt 	0.189508194 AU
1st Orbit: Small Planet () 	0.37901639 AU
2nd Orbit: Standard Planet () 	0.720131137 AU
3rd Orbit: Standard Planet (Garden) 	1.296236046 AU
4th Orbit: Small Planet () 	2.203601278 AU
Asteroid Belt 	4.407202556 AU
5th Orbit: Small Planet () 	7.932964602 AU
6th Orbit: Standard Planet () 	12.69274336 AU
7th Orbit: Standard Planet () 	22.84693805 AU
Asteroid Belt 	38.33333333 AU

Source

3rd Orbit of the System
Standard Planet: Garden
Orbital Radius: 1.29623604614966835971 AU
Blackbody Temperature: 297.00413223140495867769 K
Average Surface Temperature: 299 F
Climate: Normal
Atmospheric Pressure: 0.85344001880769531842 (Standard)
Atmospheric Mass: 0.9
Hydrographic Coverage: 70%
Density: 0.9
Diameter: 1.05362965284900656596
Surface Gravity: 0.94826668756410590936 G
Mass: 1.05270446152160816144
Resource Value Modifier: Abundant (+1)
Planetary Orbital Period: 502.66579768598065420282 days
Minimum Separation: 1.10180063922721810575 AU
Maximum Separation: 1.49067145307211861367 AU
Tidal Effect: 11.0899296196474135365
Sidereal Period: -1.17041373415197556402
Local Calender: 1.17314530128684505372 days Retrograde (28.15548723088428128928 hours)
Axial Tilt: 7°
Volcanic Activity: Moderate
Tectonic Activity: Light

Tiny Moon (Rock)
Orbital Radius: 26.340741321225164149
Blackbody Temperature: 296.97339284335141225214 K
Average Surface Temperature: 285.09445712961735576205 K
Climate: Cool
Atmospheric Pressure: Trace
Atmospheric Mass: Trace
Hydrographic Coverage: 0%
Density: 0.4
Diameter: 0.17438484861695750147
Surface Gravity: 0.06975393944678300059 G
Mass: 0.00212122255991816545
Resource Value Modifier: Average
Tidal Effect: 370866.55792795458537341932 (Tide-locked)
Tidal Force Exerted: 2.17675847605174376161
Satellite Orbital Period: 7.73978627222668349991 days
Volcanic Activity: None
Tectonic Activity: None

[Agemegos]

Calculate the temperature at apastron (maximum separation) and periastron (minimum separation). You will find the result interesting.

[David Johnston2]

That's not so easy. The thing you have to remember about elliptical orbits is that the part of the orbit which is near the Sun is a shorter period than the part of it which farther out than the median distance. Therefore winter (which thanks to a lack of axial tilt is produced by being actually remote from the sun) is, generally speaking, longer than summer. Northerly climes will be _very_ uninhabitable in the depth of winter, which lasts a long time due to the 2x year length. I wouldn't surprised to see hibernation as a common trait in northern animals.

[Noven]

Originally Posted by Brett

Calculate the temperature at apastron (maximum separation) and periastron (minimum separation). You will find the result interesting.

Umm, how do I do that? I didn't see that in Space

[Noven]

Ok I go the temperatures, and wow, maybe I should tone down the eccentricity

[RyanW]

A planet functions as a substantial heat sink, so living on an eccentrically orbiting planet won't be quite as extreme as summering on Venus and spending the winter on Mars.

[David Johnston2]

Stay away from deserts on the interior of a continent, though.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by RyanW

A planet functions as a substantial heat sink, so living on an eccentrically orbiting planet won't be quite as extreme as summering on Venus and spending the winter on Mars.

True, but who wants runaway greenhouses in summer, and runaway glaciation in winter? Exactly how much a life bearing planet can "hold" it somewhere in the middle is anyone's guess.

[D10]

Maybe it could have a vast underground eco system.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by D10

Maybe it could have a vast underground eco system.

That's what I did way back in my D&D days with my eccentric planet evolved race. Some animals hibernated in deep underground caverns and created a whole separate type of life. Maybe I just wanted my albino apes to show how my flyndarans saw humanity on our eternal spring planet. :)