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Speculative Planetary Statistics for Dragaera (Math help?)

Jon_Lincicum at stream.com Jon_Lincicum at stream.com
Fri Apr 7 11:09:20 PDT 2006

"Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> 
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Re: Speculative Planetary Statistics for Dragaera (Math help?)




>On 4/7/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote:
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>> 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