GURPS Space World Building Issue - Page 2

Roh · 08-15-2016, 10:57 PM

I am running into something I seriously can't puzzle out here. On Step eight it says "Finally, for any world type other than Asteroid Belt, multiply the result by the square of the world’s diameter (measured in Earth diameters).".

To me this seems to be saying use the decimal generated based on earth being 1. Squaring a decimal... Would give me a smaller decimal wouldn't it? I'm bad at math but I tried to find something on the web to tell me other wise I couldn't. While if the world had been just 1 then that would make a considerably larger change in the final number but... Still not seeming even remotely correct. Exactly what the hell am I supposed to square? Can anyone clear this one portion up for me?

08-15-2016, 10:57 PM	#1
Roh Join Date: May 2015	GURPS Space World Building Issue I am running into something I seriously can't puzzle out here. On Step eight it says "Finally, for any world type other than Asteroid Belt, multiply the result by the square of the world’s diameter (measured in Earth diameters).". To me this seems to be saying use the decimal generated based on earth being 1. Squaring a decimal... Would give me a smaller decimal wouldn't it? I'm bad at math but I tried to find something on the web to tell me other wise I couldn't. While if the world had been just 1 then that would make a considerably larger change in the final number but... Still not seeming even remotely correct. Exactly what the hell am I supposed to square? Can anyone clear this one portion up for me?