Horizons Atmosphere and Gravity

The answer is simple.

The Thargoids stole all the gases.

Prepare to go on a galaxy spanning mission in Season 3 - "The quest for missing gas" to solve the mystery.
 
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lol there is so much wrong with what you just said its funny


IDK if you know this but mars lost its atmosphere because it lost its magnetic core & mars is lost most of its magnetic core when a Pluto sized planet crashed into it while the solar system was forming. the core and crust of mars match tempters and the result was a slightly polarized core , similar things could happen to similar planets out in the galaxy, not to mention venus is losing .5% of its atmosphere every hundred years, in astronomic years thats alot

the 1g+ planets you see in game are possible and probably more common than they are in game,

and the dynamo effect ISN'T common for high G worlds , maybe High metal content planets, lol not high g 1s lmao


next time read up before you try and confuse noobs about exogeology k

Also not exactly right. To my knowledge, there's no such thing as "magnetic core" What's responsible for a magnetic field around the planet is rotating metallic core. Rotation of the planet itself is irrelevant. To create magnetic field, two objects must move relative to each other (core rotating inside the planet, electric current moving through the wire, etc...) (I'm a biologist, not physicist, though), which isn't the case with planet rotating in empty space.
 
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Theres also all sorts of other things in the galaxy that the stellar forge didn't account for. The mind behind it has a very strict and scientific belief and limited experience (as do we all) behind our galaxy. We've only been able to observe so much to go on. But the lack of taking risks with unique and interesting ideas has definitely made the galaxy very boring.

You take one look at the kepler systems and compare them to actual stellar forge generated system and you'll see how much different reality is.

Too many stable systems, lack of elliptical orbits, no forming stars, or accretion disks or rogue planets... or even real asteroid fields.

There are some interesting things but just barely interesting. To do the really interesting things it would be difficult to pull off.

One thing I did see (which they fixed later and took out after beta) was an ice planet that had a lava planet orbiting it and it looked like the equator was melted so the lava planet's presence so close in the orbit seemed to be beaking up the ice. Now THAT was unique.
 
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General question concerning atmosphere and gravity.

I was always under the impression that the heaver the gravity of a planet, the more likely it was to retain some type of atmosphere. I know that Mars has one but rather thin. This is why I was rather surprised to see listing of planets with 2 or more g's with no atmosphere. Now, if it's close to a star, I could see where the solar wind would blow the atmosphere away, but a lot of the planets I'm seeing in these videos are more than capable of holding atmosphere. So, why don't the landable planets of 1g or more have one?

Just curious...


I think it is mostly because currently Elite's Stellar Forge doesn't simulate atmospheres on landable planets.
This will change though and once FD is ready to give it to us they might even decide to give more higher G planets an atmosphere.

We would currently not be able to experience landing on high G planets if FD gave all of them atmospheres. That might be part of FD's decision to do it this way... for now!
 
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Apparently! The next question is: Where did they put all of that gas? And what are they planning on doing with it? :)

Be on the look out for any large maid shaped ships out in the uninhabited regions of the galaxy, do not engage just follow it and maybe we'll discover where they're taking all these gases they're sucking up from the planets.
 
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you really might want to look into retaking a few classes, ;) because i was right every step of the way

Kinda/sorta. You need to correct your misused terms and also your presentation of ideas. You come off as not knowing what you might actually know.

The core is not magnetic per say, it is a rotating ball of iron in various states which generates a magnetic field. This magnetosphere helps shield atmospheric gasses from the solar winds of the sun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetosphere

Ability to hold atmosphere has less to do with gravity, as it does the magnetosphere, which collapsed on Mars for as of yet uncertain reasons. The solar winds have been stripping it dry for 4 billion years.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4708
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/how-sun-stole-mars-atmosphere
 
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Kinda/sorta. You need to correct your misused terms and also your presentation of ideas. You come off as not knowing what you might actually know.

The core is not magnetic per say, it is a rotating ball of iron in various states which generates a magnetic field. This magnetosphere helps shield atmospheric gasses from the solar winds of the sun.
That's a load of rubbish. There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE that the earth has a rotating ball of iron at it's core. The main force of the Universe is electricity NOT Gravity. Go check the 'electric Universe' theory. Similarly, there is NO EVIDENCE that Comets are great big ice balls. It's all lies and can be proved to be so.
 
In short, the smaller the object the less likely it is to have an atmosphere (but not entirely impossible); the bigger the planet the deeper/denser the atmosphere (but not in every case).

We might need an astrophsyicist to confirm, but my understanding is that its about escape velocity, rotational speed and mass. The larger the mass of an object the more 'stuff' it can attract, but it can only hold on this stuff, if the stuff cannot achieve escape velocity - however the bigger the object the greater the escape velocity is needed. For example Jupiter is vast, and can hold on to Hydrogen (which leaves the Earth). Planets that are cooler also have less of a challenge to hold onto their atmospheres since the gases are not heated (unless they are heated by the interior of the planet). Other examples: Mercury has no atmosphere, partially because of its proximity to the sun (the gases were heated and thus achieved escape velocity), but also because its mass and rotational speed are not enough to retain the atmosphere. In contrast Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth and has a thicker atmosphere than the Earth - this is a combination of the gas composition as well as a faster rotation combining to making it more difficult for gaseous escape. Another factor is the availability of the gases, if a planet forms from rock, gets vast but there is no gas to capture, then it will remain without an atmosphere.

So to sum up, its not 'just' to do with gravity, there are a multitude of factors - what seems likely is that there would be more rocky/icy non-atmospheric bodies in the galaxy than there would be gas giants, or temperate planets - since smaller bodies won't be able to retain the gases that are available, and gas giants would hoover them up.
 
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That's a load of rubbish. There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE that the earth has a rotating ball of iron at it's core. The main force of the Universe is electricity NOT Gravity. Go check the 'electric Universe' theory. Similarly, there is NO EVIDENCE that Comets are great big ice balls. It's all lies and can be proved to be so.

That is Theory and not fact as well.
 
That is Theory and not fact as well.
Yes indeed, however if the two were taken to court, then the electric Universe theory would win hands down because there is so much more evidence to support it than there is for the presently accepted theory coming from academia. Lots of the so called scientists teaching at places like Oxford and Cambridge are talking out of their collective :):):):) on many subjects. All provable. It's the dogmatic approach that they adopt which prevents unbiased investigation. Have a quick look at Rupert Sheldrake to get a feel for whats going on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg
 
That's a load of rubbish. There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE that the earth has a rotating ball of iron at it's core. The main force of the Universe is electricity NOT Gravity. Go check the 'electric Universe' theory. Similarly, there is NO EVIDENCE that Comets are great big ice balls. It's all lies and can be proved to be so.

Right. I hope you are just being funny.

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Yes indeed, however if the two were taken to court, then the electric Universe theory would win hands down because there is so much more evidence to support it than there is for the presently accepted theory coming from academia. Lots of the so called scientists teaching at places like Oxford and Cambridge are talking out of their collective :):):):) on many subjects. All provable. It's the dogmatic approach that they adopt which prevents unbiased investigation. Have a quick look at Rupert Sheldrake to get a feel for whats going on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg

lmao

I guess you are serious.

You are falling into the trap of confusing a philosophical theory vs a scientific theory. The same word means very different things and is not interchangeable. Enjoy your conspiracy theory pseudo-science ramblings.
 
Yes indeed, however if the two were taken to court, then the electric Universe theory would win hands down because there is so much more evidence to support it than there is for the presently accepted theory coming from academia. Lots of the so called scientists teaching at places like Oxford and Cambridge are talking out of their collective :):):):) on many subjects. All provable. It's the dogmatic approach that they adopt which prevents unbiased investigation. Have a quick look at Rupert Sheldrake to get a feel for whats going on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg


What?

You are not trolling? You are being serious, right?

wow...

Just wow... whatever floats you boat buddy.
 
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