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« on: 06-25-2003 13:55 »
« Last Edit on: 06-25-2003 13:55 »
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All those episodes that have more than one sun. A Pharoh to Remember, My Three Suns Those planets would be uninhabitable. It would be so hot you would burn to a crisp Just a thought ------------------ Dont mess...with the Geek
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Sil
Professor
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The heat's not really the issue - the issue is to do with the physics of orbiting three suns. Think about how it would have to orbit. The suns must all be the same mass, because otherwise the more massive suns would pull the less massive ones out of orbit and they would merge with the more massive one. Taking that into account, think of the type of orbit the planet would have to take in order to orbit all three. So unless two of the suns are orbiting the other one, the planet system probably would not work concentrically. My tuppence!
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Lurrr
Professor
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There are mutliple sun systems in existence, but I'm not sure if they have orbiting planets. It is possible though, and I'm sure the universe is large enough to have at least one example of this, however unlikely.
And on the heat thing, the planet's wouldn't be too hot to live on because the heat would depend on the distance from the stars, type and size of the stars and the density of the ozone layer surrounding the planet.
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-Geek-
Crustacean
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we cant forget boiling the atmosphere.
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-Geek-
Crustacean
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ok here is my reason....
If there was more than one sun in the solar system. The planets would be like mercury or venus, because it would be so hot in the system.
Mecury and venus are so hot because they are so close to the sun, there hotter.
If there were more than one sun in the system. I theroize (spelling) the entire system unless the planet was extrodinaryly far away....would be very hot.
I will do some reserach. Before I go to my movie
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Sil
Professor
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I think that the planet would be unlivable because of the fluctuating gravity. That's what happens with Io, a moon of Jupiter I think (correct me if I'm wrong). The fluctuating gravity caused by multiple other moons and the gravitational field of the planet itself means that the surface of Io is under constant change. It's essentially one huge spherical volcano.
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-Geek-
Crustacean
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Originally posted by Arachnid: Multiple suns doesn't mean hot planets - the suns could be further away than ours, or they could be 'cooler' than our sun. It would lead to more temperature variations than a one-sun planet, though.
like when its day its summer?...when its night its winter
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-Geek-
Crustacean
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they could evaporate.
Whats keeping the water people from evaporating.
note...on all of the planets with multiple suns, we see very little vegitation, (the only plants we see is inside)
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Arachnid
Delivery Boy
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Originally posted by -Geek-: like when its day its summer?...when its night its winter
Well, I was thinking seasonal - like when it's closest to the suns it's hotter, and when its most distant, it's colder. Bear in mind, though, that you wouldn't have normal day-night cycles (depending on how the system was structured)...
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Britz
Starship Captain
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Alright, one, we don't know if they were actually water, they were liquid but not necessarily H2O am I right? Course I am. Two, the suns could be much cooler, in fact the giant sun is red, and those red stars are actually relatively cool (marvellous what you can learn by reading sci-fi) third, it's possible they are obiting the planet, we don't know what's out there in the universe, they could be constantly burning moons for all we know, forth, it's not necessary the planet is orbiting all three, they may be closely orbiting the red one while the other two are hotter but further away.
*pumps hips* yeah boys and girls you feel that? Also, shut up geek.
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Sil
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You're probably right, Arachnid - I don't claim to know anything about physics, so most of what I say is probably bullshit. And what's with all the being harsh to Geek?
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