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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.I started with an LLM, of course, but as soon as I got in touch with people from the field, I realized that AI often just 'wings it' or...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.Both scenarios are very interesting; I particularly like the one involving the Moon. However, everything in the story is already set up...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.The thing is, I need a timeframe of 12, maybe 15 months max from the first detection. I don't want years of humanity preparing and...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.So, if I tweak the parameters: A rogue planet with 80% of Earth's mass passes by our planet at a velocity of 200 km/s. Perigee is 10,000...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.It's a big body. It was originally supposed to be the size of Mercury. But it needs to be enlarged so that the first weak earthquakes...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.Most sci-fi premises are based on improbable events. What’s worse is that some creators simply throw logic and physics down the toilet...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.What is more likely? That we will travel through time, or that two massive bodies will collide? And yet, how many wonderful stories have...
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Ccassius replied to the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility.Thanks for the answers! So, the distance needs to be reduced (probably below 5,000 km) for the effects to remain the same. Except for...
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Ccassius posted the thread Reality Check: Rogue Planet Flyby Scenarios and Survival Feasibility in Science Fiction and Fantasy Media.Hello everyone, I’m looking for some feedback on the scientific realism of a specific catastrophic scenario for a story I’m working on...