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Old 01-18-07, 11:36 AM
Dana Gold Dana Gold is offline
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Hey, wait a minute! You are now saying the gas giant and rock-like object (asteroid?) are equivalent to the density and mass (respectively) of our moon (which is not a "rock-like object) and Jupiter! ....
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I wanted to know exactly how big
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The actual mass for either
Your calculus professore and especially Mr. Spock, would not like that assumption
According to the Roche Limit the following would definitely matter:
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when I didn't care how big it really was, or how far away.
So, you could draw the planet, whatever, as big as you like; because on "artistic grounds" the whole equation wouldn't matter.....that's what's so cool about science fiction....one is not limited to the quantum/physics laws of this particular universe......nor bound by the socio-religious dogma of misleading pseudo-normalcies from the self-appointed "dominionists" called Homo Sapiens.

Dana
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