"Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 04/07/06 10:51 AM To "Dragaera List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: Speculative Planetary Statistics for Dragaera (Math help?) >On 4/7/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: >> >> 3. In /Issola/ Our heroes go to another world which is noticeably heavier, >> yet has a (somewhat) breathable atmosphere. If this world is, say at the >> 1.2g level, it'd be a very noticeable difference to a Dragaeran, without >> being so far from Earth-normal to make a breathable atmosphere unlikely. > >A point. 1.2 is a bit heavy, though. That would add 40 pounds to my frame, >which is noticeable even to an Earthling. Well, this was the weakest of my three arguments, granted. In any case, whether a planet has a breathable atmosphere depends greatly on the presence of a strong magnetic field (to prevent solar wind from blowing it away). Still, the weight difference Vlad describes in /Issola/ seems to be immediately noticable and distressing. A .3g difference seems about right to me. (Which is, of course, no guarantee that the Jenoine planet isn't at 1.3g...) Majikjon