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Are geographically typed planets realistic?
In many science fictions we see planets which are designated by a particular terrain type. For example, Dagobah is a swamp planet, Tatooine is a desert planet, and Kamino is an ocean world.
However, ...
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Can a planet stay cracked?
Images like this
and this
are common in sci-fi/fantasy settings, for the obvious "rule-of-cool" reasons. And while the 'rule-of-cool' is certainly worth using (in moderation) when ...
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How Would Civilisations on Different Planes of a Cube Planet Interact?
If there was a life-supporting planet that was cubical rather than spherical, would it be feasible for there to be a unique but similar civilisation on each 'Plane'?
I know that cube planets are ...
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The Reality of a River World
In a setting I am presently working on, I have envisioned a world similar to Star Wars' Takodana, in that its water is mainly in the form of large rivers, or smaller seas (I generally picture it ...
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Junkyard planet trash distribution?
So, I've got a planet that's basically a junkyard. It's just one big junkyard. People from various space-faring societies dump all the crap there that they don't want to deal with. Derelict spaceships,...
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Would residents of a small planet realize the planet is small?
I am considering setting my next D&D campaign on an earthlike but small planet. By "small," I am imagining a world that still feels vast, yet is circumnavigable over land and/or water with low or ...
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Geography and Appearance of an nitrogen/ammonia planet
The planet in question is this one. Approximately three quarters the size and half the gravity of Earth, an atmosphere 25% as dense as the Terran one which mainly consists of Nitrogen with small ...
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Making a world as Agriculturally productive as possible
Basically, God decided to create the perfect world for man to work the land. Even then, he voluntarily decided to follow the laws of physics.
I've investigated about some factors that supposedly ...
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Could a human colony persist long term on a planet with limited food and water resources?
Suppose a highly tectonically active planet, slightly smaller than Earth, has attracted the human race's attention due to its mineral wealth. Its landscape primarily consists of mountain chains, ...
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How do I Cram Many Different Biomes Into a Very Small Landmass?
In my book series, there is a planet called Ryu 108 that is almost entirely a water world. It is the furthest planet from its star (a supergiant), and has a relatively cold-but-still-habitable climate ...
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