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| Topic Started: Mar 6 2009, 08:47 PM (655 Views) | |
| Genesis | Mar 6 2009, 08:47 PM Post #1 |
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I have often considered a 'cloud world' of sorts that life could exist on. By this, I mean a bunch of large rocks and atmospheric gasses slowly revolving around a central mass, which would be held in a 'cloud' form, orbitting a star, but without enough density to pull it together into a singular planet or meteor. Life on such a world would be developed to exist in an extremely low-gravity environment. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? |
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| Giant Blue Anteater | Mar 6 2009, 09:01 PM Post #2 |
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Hi, Genesis! I must welcome you here! Unfortunately, I don't think that is possible, because any cloud of rock and gas would collapse into a more denser body wether it be an asteroid or a planet, due to gravity. However, if it were possible, then I guess that there would be strange flying organisms of various sorts. |
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| zypher | Mar 6 2009, 09:46 PM Post #3 |
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that all depends on the size of the rocks though, dosen't it? and how far away from the core they are? |
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| Genesis | Mar 6 2009, 09:54 PM Post #4 |
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When I say 'rocks', I mean that the largest might be around the size of a small house. Imagine Saturn's rings stretched out over the entire atmosphere, then shrink the planet itself to the size (and mass!) of a pebble. With some major modifications in structure, I imagine that could form something like a 'Cloud' taking the place of a planet. Or perhaps the 'cloud' is actually a denser-than-average planetary ring? Edited by Genesis, Mar 6 2009, 09:56 PM.
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| CarrionTrooper | Mar 7 2009, 10:27 AM Post #5 |
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I require more vespene gas?!?
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how about nebular/atmospheric gases trapped in the orbit of a dead star? or the remains of one, actually... Binary system, one dies and creates gas, the other debilitated and became an 'anchor point' for the gas... |
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