08-29-2009, 10:21 AM | #11 |
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Re: Planet Generation
I changed the eccentricity from 0.15 to 0.05 so it is a bit more mild.
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08-29-2009, 12:29 PM | #12 | |
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Re: Planet Generation
I see that you worked it out.
It isn't in Space, probably because it is a bit tedious to do it until you automate the sequence and get a computer to crunch the numbers. If it had been in Space I think playtesting might have driven the authors to reconsider their table for orbital eccentricities. The eccentricities are simply treated as decorative in the RAW. But if you follow the consequences through it makes you wonder about the calculated Habitability ratings for a lot of these planets. Quote:
One thing that I am pretty sure of is that Space makes "eccentric gas giant" and "episolar gas giant" systems far more common than they are in reality. I understand that it has been established from surveys of nearby stars that no more than 3–6% have detectable (ie. epistellar or eccentric) gas giant planets. If you modify the "Gas Giant Arrangement Table" on p. 107 to Roll (3d6) g Arrangementyour results will be more realistic and habitable. No, but it could be pretty bad. The temperature extremes of day and night are mild compared to those estimated for the dayside and nightside of a tide-locked planet, but they are not negligible. Annual temperature variations due to eccentricity are not as strongly-driven as that, but on the other hand they get more time to build up.
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08-29-2009, 01:06 PM | #13 |
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Re: Planet Generation
Well I toned it down so it should not really be an issue. With the axis being 7°, how does that affect the seasons exactly. I wish I had a little program I could plug all the numbers from Space that I got and get like an orbital model or something.
Basically, this planet is going to be for a fantasy world that I am making. Basically, homo sapiens idaltu never went extinct. They were removed from the planet by "aliens" when homo sapiens sapiens were on the rise. They were transported to Zeta Tucanae III, where they could evolve unmolested. There are other things, but that is the main gist =). |
08-29-2009, 03:06 PM | #14 |
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08-29-2009, 03:14 PM | #15 |
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08-29-2009, 04:14 PM | #16 |
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Re: Planet Generation
Well I was speaking from a Canadian's perspective. For me, there's no difference between having mild seasons and having no seasons. If the snow doesn't fall, you don't have winter. If the trees don't turn yellow you don't have autumn.
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08-29-2009, 05:06 PM | #17 | |
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08-31-2009, 07:53 AM | #18 | |
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As another poster noted, the eliptical orbit is likely to be a greater contributor to 'seasons' than the axial tilt. |
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08-31-2009, 11:41 AM | #19 |
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Re: Planet Generation
Space 1e has a table on p.107sb: minor seasons from 3-18°, earthlike seasons at tilts from 22-32°, major seasons from 33-48° and gross seasons from 49-90°.
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08-31-2009, 12:14 PM | #20 |
Join Date: May 2009
Location: In Rio de Janeiro, where it was cyberpunk before it was cool.
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Re: Planet Generation
If you launch an atomic bomb into a planet filled with fuel gases, what would be the result ?
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