Author Topic: Randomly Created Systems (Read 8172 times)

vh · « **on:** January 31, 2012, 06:57:22 PM »

I started an excel today with random systems, but i need some help.
If you could look at my Planets, and their SMA, would you suggest a resonable star spectral type and luminosity?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AipV2b8UWK3pdEFyY01ocTJaN1FFTmc5Z0RWbWM0c1E
it's on google docs

Or if you want to add a system, just fill out all the fields and post it here, i'll add it in if it sounds right...
names from
http://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/name/#scifi_world
and
http://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/name/#star
or make them up yourself while keeping within reason.

~~my excuse for the very random names is that in the future, most of the galaxy is owned by several million elite superrich rulers that claim planets and all that stuff.~~

(GM)=gigameter=million kilometers

FiahOwl · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2012, 06:59:15 PM »

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Naru523 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:00:12 PM »

Quote from: FiahOwl on January 31, 2012, 06:59:15 PM

Yes, how the hell is a Ceres sized object an asteroid?

Because Ceres is an asteroid.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:01:45 PM »

Quote from: Naru523 on January 31, 2012, 07:00:12 PM

Because Ceres is an asteroid.

FiahOwl · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:12:00 PM »

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vh · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:16:44 PM »

an asteroid can be a dwarf planet
just like squares are rectangles.

that is all.

now what star class seems resonable

matty406 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:25:18 PM »

I'm going to try adding a system. Stand back I'm doing science.
Before I do stuff, this system I have in mind Is like a High Fantasy world, like Lord of the Rings for example. Is this allowed? It's fine if you say no.

vh · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:33:09 PM »

i'm mostly open to most anything

don't really know whats a high fantasy world, but anything is fine as long as it's at least slightly plausible

FiahOwl · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:36:25 PM »

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atomic7732 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:45:52 PM »

After you two are done I'm adding one.

vh · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:47:09 PM »

just post it here, i'll add it into the spreadsheet it's not a google docs thing

fiahowl's not doing it, he was just commenting on his own thing

FiahOwl · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:52:45 PM »

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vh · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:54:11 PM »

come up with another backstory for the strange names then

idc, thats just a random story invented to stop people from complaining about planet names

vh · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:54:58 PM »

i think i'll put this up on google docs tommorow maybe.

FiahOwl · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2012, 08:03:26 PM »

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vh · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2012, 08:09:42 PM »

hardly a reason.

matty406 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2012, 08:22:47 PM »

Dones. Added Stellar classification column.

smjjames · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2012, 09:43:23 PM »

Quote from: mudkipz on January 31, 2012, 07:16:44 PM

now what star class seems resonable

For habitable systems, anywhere from low class F all the way to class K9 (pun not intended), M class stars are a bit iffy due to the whole tidal locking issue.

vh · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:58:14 AM »

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AipV2b8UWK3pdEFyY01ocTJaN1FFTmc5Z0RWbWM0c1E

it's on google docs

Darvince · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:24:48 AM »

ohdeer

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smjjames · « **Reply #22 on:** February 01, 2012, 10:18:05 AM »

Quote from: FiahOwl on February 01, 2012, 09:07:59 AM

Quote from: mudkipz on January 31, 2012, 07:16:44 PM
an asteroid can be a dwarf planet
just like squares are rectangles.

that is all.

now what star class seems resonable

A sphere shouldn't be an asteroid. Just like a square is only similar to a rectangle.

Well, Ceres is very close to the minimum mass needed for an object to go spherical under its own gravity, Vesta and Pallas (the second and third largest, respectively) are about a quarter the size and mass (used wiki for quick reference) and are lumpy not-quite spheres, so it gets fuzzy at that zone.

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vh · « **Reply #24 on:** February 01, 2012, 12:48:51 PM »

some rectangles qualify for squares. we can still call them rectangles

smjjames · « **Reply #25 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:08:06 PM »

Quote from: FiahOwl on February 01, 2012, 10:55:00 AM

But still, some of the asteroids would qualify as a dwarf planet.

Quote from: mudkipz on February 01, 2012, 12:48:51 PM

some rectangles qualify for squares. we can still call them rectangles

I basically just said that.

Also, in geometry, a square ALWAYS has equal sides, but lets stop arging semantics here since it is a fuzzy zone of uncertianty that will always be there. Until some commission decides that if N mass is equal to or greater than x, it's a dwarf planet.

vh · « **Reply #26 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:10:12 PM »

ikr

even in the wikipedia page, under ceres, it's referred to as an asteroid many times

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