On the Distribution of Materials According to the Topology of Planets
Press release:
A new study finds that the best place to go looking for elements is on flat lands. Logging the location of nearly 500 mesosiderites, the science vessel Aspera and her crew
were able to find a statistically significant increase in density for this terrain type compared to craters and valleys. The study, published earlier this week in the prestigious
journal Planetary Review Letters, was done around 65000 light years from Sol
as part of the Distant World expedition to make sure that human terraforming attempts and pollution would not interfere with the results.
"We are all very excited to finally tell the world about our work. Big hats off to the science team for their outstanding efforts. Now we look forward to a quick stop at Jaques
when he arrives to fill up on supplies and celebrate the findings before commencing the trip home." said John Rutherford, commander of the Aspera.
Lisbeth Moore, Distant Worlds correspondant.
The full study is publicly available at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_uPoL_ylM-ELUZxMEFFWlZKQlE
TL;DR
In this paper we present the results of surveys that focus on identifying the rate and locations
at which mesosiderites can be found. The surveys were done in association with the Distant Worlds
expedition and were all done on a single planet, christened “Skrinir”, close to Beagle Point. It is found
that a planitia type terrain (flat lands) give a statistically significantly higher density of mesosiderites in
comparison with a crater and vallis terrain region. A pattern of higher and lower density is indicated in
the crater region, with higher density towards the central peak and circumference. The pattern indicates
that findings of mesosiderites is more dependent on location than on time. In the introduction we also
review some relevant facts about prospecting that are already known to the prospecting community but
might not be well known elsewhere.
We found after doing many surveys that on average, the density of mesosiderites were given by
σ[SUB]1[/SUB] = (6 ± 2)(10km)−2 ,
σ[SUB]2[/SUB] = (11 ± 2)(10km)−2 ,
σ[SUB]3[/SUB] = (7 ± 1)(10km)−2 ,
for a valley, a flatland and a crater respectively. Extrapolating these results to hold generally we therefore
advise prospectors to go to flatlands and collect metallic meteorites to get high rarity materials as fast as possible.
As we can see in the figures below, the mesosiderites are fairly uniformely distributed in the flatlands,
while we see a pattern in the crater with more mesosiderites towards the central peak and the circumference.
We also found the distribution to be fairly uniform in the valley.
Press release:
A new study finds that the best place to go looking for elements is on flat lands. Logging the location of nearly 500 mesosiderites, the science vessel Aspera and her crew
were able to find a statistically significant increase in density for this terrain type compared to craters and valleys. The study, published earlier this week in the prestigious
journal Planetary Review Letters, was done around 65000 light years from Sol
as part of the Distant World expedition to make sure that human terraforming attempts and pollution would not interfere with the results.
"We are all very excited to finally tell the world about our work. Big hats off to the science team for their outstanding efforts. Now we look forward to a quick stop at Jaques
when he arrives to fill up on supplies and celebrate the findings before commencing the trip home." said John Rutherford, commander of the Aspera.
Lisbeth Moore, Distant Worlds correspondant.
The full study is publicly available at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_uPoL_ylM-ELUZxMEFFWlZKQlE
TL;DR
In this paper we present the results of surveys that focus on identifying the rate and locations
at which mesosiderites can be found. The surveys were done in association with the Distant Worlds
expedition and were all done on a single planet, christened “Skrinir”, close to Beagle Point. It is found
that a planitia type terrain (flat lands) give a statistically significantly higher density of mesosiderites in
comparison with a crater and vallis terrain region. A pattern of higher and lower density is indicated in
the crater region, with higher density towards the central peak and circumference. The pattern indicates
that findings of mesosiderites is more dependent on location than on time. In the introduction we also
review some relevant facts about prospecting that are already known to the prospecting community but
might not be well known elsewhere.
We found after doing many surveys that on average, the density of mesosiderites were given by
σ[SUB]1[/SUB] = (6 ± 2)(10km)−2 ,
σ[SUB]2[/SUB] = (11 ± 2)(10km)−2 ,
σ[SUB]3[/SUB] = (7 ± 1)(10km)−2 ,
for a valley, a flatland and a crater respectively. Extrapolating these results to hold generally we therefore
advise prospectors to go to flatlands and collect metallic meteorites to get high rarity materials as fast as possible.
As we can see in the figures below, the mesosiderites are fairly uniformely distributed in the flatlands,
while we see a pattern in the crater with more mesosiderites towards the central peak and the circumference.
We also found the distribution to be fairly uniform in the valley.
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