Posted by: Rich.h
« on: June 07, 2014, 10:45:34 AM »Ah thank you I misread it to mean the maximum greenhouse pressure was 3. That clears it up though thanks.
Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: June 07, 2014, 10:44:06 AM »I am trying to terraform a particularly nasty planet more out of sheer will power than of actual usefulness. The main problem I have is temperature I just cannot seem to get it high enough for a zero cost colony.
The calculations are:
Surface Temperature in Kelvin = Base Temperature in Kelvin x Greenhouse Factor x Albedo
Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (Atmospheric Pressure /10) + Greenhouse Pressure (Maximum = 3.0)
Putting that into the current planet conditions I have:
Surface Temperature in Kelvin = 62.22 x 4.39815 x 1.09
Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (3.9815 /10) + 3 (Maximum = 3.0)
When I do this I get a result of a surface temperature of 298.28k. However aurora keeps giving me a surface temperature of 203.47k.
Has there been an error in the maths on my part of is there some other factor I haven't taken into account? Obviously this temperature difference turns a zero colony world into one that needs much more.
The greenhouse factor cannot be higher than 3. So you have 62.22 x 3 x 1.09 = 203.46
Posted by: NihilRex
« on: June 07, 2014, 10:41:52 AM »Albedo change maybe? No clue
Posted by: Rich.h
« on: June 07, 2014, 09:55:55 AM »I am trying to terraform a particularly nasty planet more out of sheer will power than of actual usefulness. The main problem I have is temperature I just cannot seem to get it high enough for a zero cost colony.
The calculations are:
Surface Temperature in Kelvin = Base Temperature in Kelvin x Greenhouse Factor x Albedo
Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (Atmospheric Pressure /10) + Greenhouse Pressure (Maximum = 3.0)
Putting that into the current planet conditions I have:
Surface Temperature in Kelvin = 62.22 x 4.39815 x 1.09
Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (3.9815 /10) + 3 (Maximum = 3.0)
When I do this I get a result of a surface temperature of 298.28k. However aurora keeps giving me a surface temperature of 203.47k.
Has there been an error in the maths on my part of is there some other factor I haven't taken into account? Obviously this temperature difference turns a zero colony world into one that needs much more.
The calculations are:
Surface Temperature in Kelvin = Base Temperature in Kelvin x Greenhouse Factor x Albedo
Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (Atmospheric Pressure /10) + Greenhouse Pressure (Maximum = 3.0)
Putting that into the current planet conditions I have:
Surface Temperature in Kelvin = 62.22 x 4.39815 x 1.09
Greenhouse Factor = 1 + (3.9815 /10) + 3 (Maximum = 3.0)
When I do this I get a result of a surface temperature of 298.28k. However aurora keeps giving me a surface temperature of 203.47k.
Has there been an error in the maths on my part of is there some other factor I haven't taken into account? Obviously this temperature difference turns a zero colony world into one that needs much more.
