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I'm developing this story set on another planet, and would like some
feedback from people who actually know a thing or two about astrophysics and astronomy, if this is possible and what major issues may need to be expected. It takes place on a moon of a gas giant which orbits a binary system. Possibly semi-detatched if possible. A little ancient terraforming was done to make Earth-like flora and fauna possible. I'm thinking of having the rotation of the moon as long as about two Earch days, and the revolution of the moon and its planet around the stars around 456 Earth days. I see Titan and Ganamyde are like our moon and have rotations that match the revolution, causing the same hemisphere to always face the planet. Is that nearly necessary, or can I have a slight difference so that it would appear on the moon that the planet travels around every 1 to 5 Earth years (haven't decided which yet.) Now, if all that is possible, is it possible for the distances of the planet from the stars and the moon from the planet, to be such that the amount of light from the two stars would be around the same as Earth (a little less or more is OK, the plants will have long adapted to the change in light amount and season lengths.) And that gravitational forces from travelling around a binary system and around a planet, wouldn't cause constant earthquakes and tidal waves? (Ocassional is OK, like every few to several years. Just not whole ecosystem destroying.) Given the fact the tilt of the moon would be such that the planet would appear to take 1 to 5 years to travel around the moon's sky, would it be possible that the change in seasons could come from the distance change over the moon's year from the stars vs. the tilt toward the stars, and have full Earth's northern hemisphere-like seasons? (Does it snow in Australia?) Because I'm not good at 3-D mental imaging, but I'm thinking in order for the planet to stay visible in the sky for anywhere from 6 months to nearly 3 years, the moon will have to either be wobbling very slowly on its axis, or have an odd tilt in its path around the planet, yes? Anyway, given this, what's some thoughts on believability, how much would need to be changed to only have to suspend disbelief only a little, what kinds of mandatory effects on the moon would happen based on this setup? Thanks! Liam |
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