What data points determin if a body is a TC?

[Tom Areani]

Obviously star temp and distance from star are key, but are there any other factors, such as orbital period, star class, or stellar mass?

I plan to correlate data into some form of graph so that I can begin to get a rough idea of weather or not a body will be a tc just by glancing at the data available in the system map.

And yes, I do realize that not all systems, such as hand crafted ones, play by the rules.

 

[varonica]

Obviously star temp and distance from star are key, but are there any other factors, such as orbital period, star class, or stellar mass?

I plan to correlate data into some form of graph so that I can begin to get a rough idea of weather or not a body will be a tc just by glancing at the data available in the system map.

And yes, I do realize that not all systems, such as hand crafted ones, play by the rules.

I suspect the only deciding factor is if the system is in the Goldilocks Zone, that is if it us in the distance band from the sun where water would be liquid, which of course is calculated, as you say, by the distance from, and energy output of the star.

 

[disorganise]

Not sure if you're aware, but Jackie Silver did a program to calculate that for the primary star:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/303159-Jackie-s-Hab-Zone-Calculator-version-2

And her code was incorporated into EDD so you can even have it as an overlay when you scan the star

 

[iain666]

There are also mass limits - the lowest is about 0.07EM and there's probably another one. I'm not sure if some other conditions militate against terraforming but it's not everything with the right mass and temperature.

 

[duckofdeath]

This was sort of mentioned in a previous thread a few days ago, the one about "what makes a planet landable".
The mass limit is purely based on gravity, ranging from 0.4 G to 2.0 G. The lowest earth mass terraformable I've found is 0.069 (record low is 0.065, I think), the largest I've found is something like 5.7 earth masses. The last one is rather exceptional as the density of procedurally generated planets usually puts the limit just above 4 earth masses.

Also beware that the goldilocks zone numbers does not apply directly to moons. FDev have actually added tiny overlaying zones around planets and gas giants, too. This can sometimes create rather impossible locations for tarraformable candidates.

 

[Valije]

There are also mass limits - the lowest is about 0.07EM and there's probably another one. I'm not sure if some other conditions militate against terraforming but it's not everything with the right mass and temperature.

I found out it is not the mass, but the G. It must be between 0.4 and 2 G.

Edit: Note to myself. Always read ALL the comments before you hit the reply button.

 

[Infiltrait0r]

I find it strange that on some occasions i did found binary planets where one was terraform candidate while the other wasn't.

 

[GunnerBill]

TC ???

 

[Zieman]

TC ???

Terraforming Candidate, adapted from the ingame text "The body is a candidate for terraforming".

 

[duckofdeath]

I find it strange that on some occasions i did found binary planets where one was terraform candidate while the other wasn't.

There are a bunch of other minor factors that creates those odd pairs. Their individual density affects their own temperatures, so, if that binary pair is on the edge of the goldilocks zone one can be fine while the other can be too hot/cold.

 

[CMDR Pugwash]

TC ???

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