MicroWave@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years awayabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years awayabcnews.go.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAssuming the same density, about three times as much gravity. Gravity scales linearly with volume which scales with the cube of the width, (3/2)³ is about 3,4.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSo we go there to train and come back as superheroes?
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMore like all our joints decay rapidly under the added stress, and we end up with crippling arthritis and an early grave. But maybe some generation of our descendants would be Bulrathi or Klingons or something, after some adaptation!
Assuming the same density, about three times as much gravity.
Gravity scales linearly with volume which scales with the cube of the width, (3/2)³ is about 3,4.
So we go there to train and come back as superheroes?
More like all our joints decay rapidly under the added stress, and we end up with crippling arthritis and an early grave. But maybe some generation of our descendants would be Bulrathi or Klingons or something, after some adaptation!