Egg shaped gas giant

[SMcA]

Still one of my favourite sci-fi books.

IIRC the planet Mesklin had ~3G at equator & ~700G at poles...

That's the one!

You get points.

And points are "all the stars on a long journey".

What do points mean?*

*
Only applicable to Radio 4 listeners.

 

[DrakeAurum]

That's the one!

You get points.

And points are "all the stars on a long journey".

What do points mean?*

*
Only applicable to Radio 4 listeners.

I haven't a clue what you're on about.

And I'd just like to mention Larry Niven's The Integral Trees, which taught me all sorts of things about tidal effects and orbital dynamics.

 

[SMcA]

I haven't a clue what you're on about.

I'm sorry...

I'll take the diagonal to Aldgate Terminal, as I am not in Humph.

And I'd just like to mention Larry Niven's The Integral Trees, which taught me all sorts of things about tidal effects and orbital dynamics.

I re-read that last year. It is a good one.

 

[Corbin Moran]

Nice find!

 

[Sooden]

Found another egg (harder to see) but this one is rock.

Swoilz Eo-F A38-2 A

Spoiler

Hope i can land on this sort of planet soon, but maybe not with its high surface pressure