Landing on a furnace

[Archimedes Crew]

Today I tested Horizons planetary landings by touching down on a high metal content planet near a star. Because the surface temperature was listed as 1300 kelvin, around the melting point of iron, I decided to land on the dark side of the planet; a really cool experience in itself.

But I have two questions. First, would anything have happened to me if I had landed on the sunny side of the planet. And is there an upper limit to the surface temperature of planets at which the game prevents you from landing on what should be in reality, stodgy lava. Thanks.

 

[Im_Lost]

Heat on planet surfaces doesn't seem to be factored in

 

[Archimedes Crew]

Thanks Nasher. If that is the case, I hope they add something for this in future. It would be really cool to only be able to land on the dark side of some planets and have x amount of time to conduct business before the star rises and your ship melts into a puddle.

 

[Pazmino]

Thanks Nasher. If that is the case, I hope they add something for this in future. It would be really cool to only be able to land on the dark side of some planets and have x amount of time to conduct business before the star rises and your ship melts into a puddle.

That would be very cool. Also radiation from x-ray sources doing damage over time, etc. Ahh, so many opportunities to integrate.

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

Thanks Nasher. If that is the case, I hope they add something for this in future. It would be really cool to only be able to land on the dark side of some planets and have x amount of time to conduct business before the star rises and your ship melts into a puddle.

Your ship should be able to handle the heat, since it can scoop fuel from the star. But the buggy would be vulnerable

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Thanks Nasher. If that is the case, I hope they add something for this in future. It would be really cool to only be able to land on the dark side of some planets and have x amount of time to conduct business before the star rises and your ship melts into a puddle.

Maybe when they start modelling Volcanism later in season 2-though sooner would be better. Maybe mention it on the Beta Test forums, to see if its something they plan to bring in prior to the game going live.

 

[daygobah]

Today I tested Horizons planetary landings by touching down on a high metal content planet near a star. Because the surface temperature was listed as 1300 kelvin, around the melting point of iron, I decided to land on the dark side of the planet; a really cool experience in itself.

But I have two questions. First, would anything have happened to me if I had landed on the sunny side of the planet. And is there an upper limit to the surface temperature of planets at which the game prevents you from landing on what should be in reality, stodgy lava. Thanks.

If you can skim a star for fuel i think it could stand to last on the sunny side of that planet. Think about it that planet is way farther away then you are when scooping fuel.

 

[Sapyx]

Thanks Nasher. If that is the case, I hope they add something for this in future. It would be really cool to only be able to land on the dark side of some planets and have x amount of time to conduct business before the star rises and your ship melts into a puddle.

Except that most of the planets close enough to their star to be balls of lava are also tidally locked to the star like the moon is to Earth, so the star hangs in the same position in the sky permanently. On such a planet, if you stand still you'd never see a sunrise or sunset.

Which of course means that the dark side of such planets is going to be super-cold, and the other side super-hot.

 

[ratchet5000]

If you can skim a star for fuel i think it could stand to last on the sunny side of that planet. Think about it that planet is way farther away then you are when scooping fuel.

The temperature of the surface of the heat source isn't the only factor in how much heat you receive from said source. it's also a function of distance and how effectively the source material can radiate heat.
For example, touching down on a lava (molten rock) surface should make your heat shoot up fast, since you are actually touching the heat source (distance=0) and a liquid (lava in this instance) transfers energy/heat much more effectively (that's why jumping in a pool of water at the same temperature as the atmosphere feels cold) than infrared radiation through a vacuum or the much less dense gaseous/plasmic stellar wind (i.e. when scooping).