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VB6 Aurora => VB6 Mechanics => Topic started by: praguepride on April 01, 2010, 11:54:33 AM

Title: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: praguepride on April 01, 2010, 11:54:33 AM

Just curious, scrolling through looking at Sol's system info.

Pluto is listed as a terrestrial with 0.08 gravity and a diameter of 2,302km

However, two moons are listed as being larger but still are defined as chunks. Perhaps this leads into the "Pluto shouldn't be classified as a planet" discussion but I'm just curious what the cutoff point was:

Triton - 0.18 gravity, 2,704km diameter
Europa - 0.15 gravity, 3,130km diameter

Now Io is the smallest "terrestrial" in Sol, so I'm guessing that with these stats:

Io - 0.18 gravity, 3,660km

the cutoff is 3,500km (to keep things round)

I have no idea if this means anything, but just noticed it and thought I'd ask.

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: Steve Walmsley on April 02, 2010, 02:15:53 AM

Quote from: "praguepride"

Just curious, scrolling through looking at Sol's system info.

Pluto is listed as a terrestrial with 0.08 gravity and a diameter of 2,302km

However, two moons are listed as being larger but still are defined as chunks. Perhaps this leads into the "Pluto shouldn't be classified as a planet" discussion but I'm just curious what the cutoff point was:

Triton - 0.18 gravity, 2,704km diameter
Europa - 0.15 gravity, 3,130km diameter

Now Io is the smallest "terrestrial" in Sol, so I'm guessing that with these stats:

Io - 0.18 gravity, 3,660km

the cutoff is 3,500km (to keep things round)

I have no idea if this means anything, but just noticed it and thought I'd ask.

The Sol System isn't an example of Aurora's system generation as I typed it into the database . Pluto should probably be changed to a chunk.

Steve

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: UnLimiTeD on April 02, 2010, 06:22:39 AM

And you have to add Eris ^^

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: praguepride on April 02, 2010, 08:25:43 AM

Doesn't Jupiter have a new moon too?

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: Father Tim on April 02, 2010, 01:11:38 PM

Technically, Earth has three new moons . . . the largest of which is barely 30 meters across.  #:-]

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: AtomikKrab on April 05, 2010, 12:35:38 PM

then asteriod belt should be several thousand instead of what it is, minimum size rules are good... although i'd like to see ceres.

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: Steve Walmsley on April 08, 2010, 09:16:49 AM

Quote from: "AtomikKrab"

then asteriod belt should be several thousand instead of what it is, minimum size rules are good... although i'd like to see ceres.

The number of asteroids is a compromise between reality and playability. Ceres is there but it isn't specifically named. Look for a 900+ km diameter asteroid in the Mars - Jupiter belt. That is Ceres.

Steve

Title: Re: Chunks vs. Terrestrial Classification
Post by: AtomikKrab on April 08, 2010, 08:45:21 PM

Asteriod #3, it had some good minerals so dropped a mining colony and renamed it