Hinky Habbies

Hinky Habitable Planets

Okay, has anyone else noticed that some of the values for 'Earth-like' planets are rather, well... hinky? I don't believe I've noticed anything on the forums yet about this, so I want to make sure it's brought up. Perhaps Dr. Wookie or somebody else can set me straight if I'm in error, but some of these planets that are supposed to be habitable by people have pretty extreme characteristics. Some seem just plain ridiculous.

For instance, one 'habitable' planet had an atmosphere that was something like 95% oxygen. Isn't oxygen far too volatile to make up that much of an atmosphere, at least of a habitable world? I've seen what seem like high percentages with other 'Earth-like' worlds, but that one stood out, obviously.

Also, a number of them are listed as being 'tidally locked', which, if you know anything about what that means, would account for a pretty extreme atmosphere. It seems unlikely that a tidally locked planet would have anything approaching an 'Earth-like' atmosphere. I could see a habitable world being tidally locked once in a blue moon, as an outlier, but I've seen multiple habitable worlds just in the Beta 2 'capsule' that are listed as tidally locked. It just seems... really unlikely, frankly.

Has anyone else noticed this? I really don't think I'm being nit-picky here. As a science dork, it really is bothersome...
 
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Ummm... the Moon is tidally locked with Earth, which is why we only see one side :)

I know, but a habitable planet? I'm not saying it's not possible, but I don't feel like I should have seen multiple tidally locked habitable, Earth-like planets in such a small space. It seems like it should be a lot rarer to find a planet that, in my opinion, should be a bit of a freak of nature. And what about the 'oxygen world' I was describing - What's up with that jazz??

BTW, thanks for weighing in :)



EDIT: Yeah, a habitable planet. Ninja'd, lol :p
 
Don't light a match at all, or at least make sure it's a very long one ;)

That said earth's O2 % has changed a lot over geological timescales iirc pre-cretaceous it was a lot higher.

Also it would depend on the definition of habitable - Mars is technically habitable today given the right approach (might not be a Shangri-la though).
 
Don't light a match at all, or at least make sure it's a very long one ;)

That said earth's O2 % has changed a lot over geological timescales iirc pre-cretaceous it was a lot higher.

Also it would depend on the definition of habitable - Mars is technically habitable today given the right approach (might not be a Shangri-la though).

Yeah, but was it ever that high? Seems really extreme.

Also, do you think they'd consider Mars habitable? There's no way a human could survive there as of this moment without a spacesuit and oxygen, so that seems unlikely. Sure, it might be terraformable, but as of now it's unlivable without serious technological aid, so it really seems like a stretch to call it 'habitable', and particularly when you use the term 'Earth-like', which is also a term that's used in certain circumstances in the game for those same types of worlds. I'm pretty sure the game would classify Mars differently, as I've seen planets like it, and they're not called Earth-like, that's for sure!
 
Yeah I posted on this a few days ago...

Earth like planets with like....

50% carbon dioxide atmosphere? Lung Cancer Anyone?
99.7% water atmosphere? Aquaman Anyone?
97% oxygen atmosphere? Can you say Boom Anyone? or Giant Freaking bugs anyone?
13.9 Atmospheres?... Squish anyone?
500K Tempoeratures? Toasty anyone?


Yeah Earth like as in rocky planet with a stable atmosphere but that's where the Earth likeness ends.
 
Yeah I posted on this a few days ago...

Earth like planets with like....

50% carbon dioxide atmosphere? Lung Cancer Anyone?
99.7% water atmosphere? Aquaman Anyone?
97% oxygen atmosphere? Can you say Boom Anyone? or Giant Freaking bugs anyone?
13.9 Atmospheres?... Squish anyone?
500K Tempoeratures? Toasty anyone?


Yeah Earth like as in rocky planet with a stable atmosphere but that's where the Earth likeness ends.

See, I don't see a problem with planets having varying degrees of habitability, even drastically so. - That makes sense to me. What I have a problem with, though, is a planet being wildly unrealistic. The oxygen atmosphere one in particular really gets under my skin. How are those planets even possible? I think they're a freak of the Stellar Forge procedural generation, personally. They really need to tweak on that stuff, because I know it'll bother me to explore and find ridiculous stuff like this.
 
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I think there's quite a big difference between "Earth-Like" and "Habitable",
Essentially, to be earth like, all the planet needs is liquid water?
(Goldilocks Zone)

As for a 97% oxygen atmosphere ..

Every time there's a bolt of lightning, a flash fire must run downwind, all the way to the coast .. The fuel though, used up so quickly, the fire doesn't easily spread sideways? The "crack" that follows thunder is the fire, backdrafting, faster than the speed of sound?

This causes the native plants to seed, underground probably?

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I think there's quite a big difference between "Earth-Like" and "Habitable",
Essentially, to be earth like, all the planet needs is liquid water?
(Goldilocks Zone)

As for a 97% oxygen atmosphere ..

Every time there's a bolt of lightning, a flash fire must run downwind, all the way to the coast .. The fuel though, used up so quickly, the fire doesn't easily spread sideways? The "crack" that follows thunder is the fire, backdrafting, faster than the speed of sound?

This causes the native plants to seed, underground probably?

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See, that's exactly one of the things I was wondering - what happens when there's lightening, among other reasons for combustion? I mean, if it's scientifically possible, who am I to argue? I just want to know that extreme planets like this are suitable rare ;)
 
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