Recent content by Akemi2

That's good advice. Thanks all -the secret of good story telling lies not in the realism of the content, after all, but in the skill of the writer to make something out of what could be, essentially, nothing. Thanks to all for your help.

I'm aware of the tidal forces effect on Io, and also on Enceladus. In regards to the twin planets, I'm aware that the split would destroy all life. But what I mean is a split happening instead of the one that created the moon - we're talking about proto-Earth stage, so surely life wouldn't come...

Here's a question then: Could two planets of completely equal mass and size orbit each other? If whatever hit the Earth to create the moon, instead, created two planets of exact same mass and size, is it feasible that they could orbit each other (or this 'barycenter') relatively closely...

Thank you very much Filip and Quisquis, your answers really helped. I've been looking at the Roche limit and you're right, that does best fit the scenerio - however it seems from what I've read that the sun's and Jupiter's Roche limit would be pretty much be inside themselves? For a planet like...

Hi. Upon doing some research I’ve stumbled on this site. As someone very ignorant about the mechanics of the universe, I wonder if I could ask a very random question here. I am a writer, currently working on the premise of a novel which must adhere to the following brief: the story must be set...