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Can a planet without a satellite be suitable and how will this affect its climate and appearance? [closed]
I want to create a planet where there will be 2 suns (small races nearby) and without the moon, so that it is very dark at night. But because of this there are many problems with water and geography, ...
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How large and compact could a cold east Mongolia-like steppe be on an Earth-sized planet?
Welcome to planet X! Planet X is the same as Earth in radius, composition, axial tilt and orbits star Y (identical to the Sun). Planet X has a moon known as moon Z (identical to Earth's moon).
Could ...
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Is is plausible for an Earth-like planet to have all of its land located in one polar hemisphere?
I made a map for my fictional world and it would be convenient for the story to have all of it affected by a somewhat similar climate.
The map is made of several pieces of a Pangaea-like continent ...
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How big could a planet be and still have earth like conditions? [duplicate]
I am building a world that I would like to be as big as possible and still have very close to earth like conditions, gravity, weather, seasons, life and other things that are similar. Would things ...
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corrected projections: Is this world map realistic? I tried to use plate tectonics to inform my mountain and island chain placements
1 degree of latitude = 96.57 km.
Equirectangular projections. (Yes, I need to revise the polar regions to make sure they don't get squished.)
Obliquity of Jasmi: +31.1 degrees.
Radius of Jasmi: 0....
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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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What would a world with uneven gravity look like?
If there was to be a habitable planet, similar to earth, but with varying gravity at different points on its surface - lets pretend that it varies from .8g to 1.2g - what sort of terrain or form would ...
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