Questions tagged [solar-system]
For questions regarding a star and the area comprising its gravitational dominance. While they are not part of its technical definition, it colloquially refers to the planets, moons, asteroids and other bodies orbiting the star.
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How do I find the correct planetary spacing for my red dwarf system?
I have a system with a K6.7V star at 0.585 M☉.
The planetary system has 7 orbits --
A tiny, rocky planet at 0.043 AU with a mass of 0.0465 M⊕.
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Is it theoretically possible for a planet to orbit a star that is orbiting a black hole outside of the event horizon? And what would it look like? [closed]
I have written a book in which a planet orbits a star that orbits a black hole. I would like to know if this concept is completely impossible, or if it could, in theory, occur. I realize this all ...
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Highly Visible Comet in the Sky
There is a comet in my world which passes my world's version of Earth every 25 years. I'm having difficulty figuring out how to make the comet fit my requirements.
Requirements:
Passes my planet only ...
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Permanent Full moon via "Magic"
The Problem
I had in mind giving my world a permanent full moon for a long time. Though I generally ran into 2 problems along the way.
Firstly I wanted of course to make it appear as if it was always ...
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Can I create a world of stationary planets? [closed]
I have created this massive world composed of 15+ planets, all elevated in space, surrounded by stars and countless other uninhabited/desolate planets. Is this even possible? Do I have to create a ...
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How close to a star could a dense asteroid belt reasonably form?
I would like to have an asteroid belt "close" to a star. I want it to contain "large" asteroids. Is this plausible?
I believe the location of our real life asteroid belt is ...
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Hiding a star cluster
I have a concept involving the colonisation of a star cluster by ideological outcasts who want to be left alone. Is it possible for them to either totally physically hide this cluster (presumably ...
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what shape would a planet entirely dedicated to watching be [closed]
If I have a planet fully dedicated to watching (think the Eye from Magnus Archives) what shape would allow for constant observation of the whole planet from some sort of tower
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Could a planet be ejected from a system by a rogue planet? (possibly in a binary pairing)
Assuming an earth-like Solar System with an earth-like planet, would it be possible for a rogue planet travelling at a high speed to disrupt the earth-like planet's orbit so as to leave the solar ...
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Implications of Venus and Mars having the same mass as Earth
Could anyone advise if there have been any simulations on the long term stability of our solar system if Venus and Mars both had the same mass as Earth ?
If not, is this something that can be answered ...
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Could this hypothetical Super-Earth support human life?
The Question Could this hypothetical Super-Earth (Planet Y) support the lives of human settlers arriving from off world, or have I created any reasons for the planet to be inhospitable?
Planet Y
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Plausibility of life emerging and evolving on gas giant moons?
I have been working on the setting for a hard speculative biology/evolution project that for now will simply be referred to as the Gemini Project, and the main issue I've been having is whether or not ...
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Could a captured planet end up in the habitable zone of a new star system?
Is it possible for a planet to be ejected from one star system and end up in the habitable zone of another? Or do captured planets always end up in wide, eccentric orbits?
I guess in the vast expanse ...
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How do I make an Earth-like habitable planet tidally locked to a red supergiant (class L or M)?
Assuming tidally locked planets have the potential to be inhabitable: Is there any way for a planet of Earth-like size to become tidally locked to a red supergiant of class L or M?
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Calculating distance of the frost- and ice line
To begin, my star is a K type star with 0.65 solar masses.
I've inserted my star's mass in two different templates to calculate the frost line, yielding different results (2 AU and 2.68 AU).
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