Congratulations on your business! Considering your attention to detail and depth of research, I'm sure you will be one of the most credible touring companies in the area and that alone should gain some business for you. If I ever make it out that way, we'll be giving you a call!
I had also heard about the planet they've identified as capable of supporting life. Due to the planet's mass, the expected gravity increase is understandable, but would they account for inertia in its rotation around the sun? That may sound like a crazy question from left field, but I thought the faster an object is moving in a circle around a central point, the higher its G-force would be. Additionally, if the atmosphere is capable of supporting life, is it possible it provides enough protection to maintain a consistent temperature range? Here on earth, it can be pretty cold at night and in extreme regions, but we have learned to survive in those areas, and similarly we have learned to live in some of the hottest places on earth.
About the centrifugal force, I calculate a circumference for this orbit at 42.39 million miles and a velocity along that path averaging 48,000 mph / 76,000 kph.
Compared to the Earth's 10,600 mph /17,000 kph. and we are still in the same order of magnitude, even if our circle is a lot bigger.
I'm sure the centrigual effect in a case like this can be conveniently lumped in with the tidal effects in a planet which is tidally locked. (Causing a bulge on the side nearest the sun and smaller bulge on the far side)
Bear in mind the tidal forces too, can't compare to the force of gravity from the planet's center, because the source is so much closer.
The force ofgravity falls off with the square of the distance, so that if you double the distance, you square the attenuation of gravity.
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Congratulations on your business! Considering your attention to detail and depth of research, I'm sure you will be one of the most credible touring companies in the area and that alone should gain some business for you. If I ever make it out that way, we'll be giving you a call!
I had also heard about the planet they've identified as capable of supporting life. Due to the planet's mass, the expected gravity increase is understandable, but would they account for inertia in its rotation around the sun? That may sound like a crazy question from left field, but I thought the faster an object is moving in a circle around a central point, the higher its G-force would be. Additionally, if the atmosphere is capable of supporting life, is it possible it provides enough protection to maintain a consistent temperature range? Here on earth, it can be pretty cold at night and in extreme regions, but we have learned to survive in those areas, and similarly we have learned to live in some of the hottest places on earth.
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Compared to the Earth's 10,600 mph /17,000 kph. and we are still in the same order of magnitude, even if our circle is a lot bigger.
I'm sure the centrigual effect in a case like this can be conveniently lumped in with the tidal effects in a planet which is tidally locked. (Causing a bulge on the side nearest the sun and smaller bulge on the far side)
Bear in mind the tidal forces too, can't compare to the force of gravity from the planet's center, because the source is so much closer.
The force ofgravity falls off with the square of the distance, so that if you double the distance, you square the attenuation of gravity.
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