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Speculation: Big Planet's Weather
For a big terrestrial planet** with the following attributes:
1) One bar surface pressure 2) Twice Earth's diameter (x4 Earth's area) 3) 1.5G surface gravity (x6 Earth's mass) 4) Earth-like atmospheric composition 5) Earth-like solar illumination 6) 75/25 water/land area split What would the weather generally manifest as? More atmospheric convection (Hadley?) cells? Bigger, beefier hurricanes on the broader oceans? How would the atmospheric compression due to the higher gravity affect normal vertical circulation, or wouldn't it matter? **Yeah, the planet may not be possible (I'd wonder why it didn't turn into a gas giant), but run with it for the thought experiment. Thanks for any input, Mike Miller, Materials Engineer |
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wrote in message ups.com... For a big terrestrial planet** with the following attributes: 1) One bar surface pressure 2) Twice Earth's diameter (x4 Earth's area) 3) 1.5G surface gravity (x6 Earth's mass) 4) Earth-like atmospheric composition 5) Earth-like solar illumination 6) 75/25 water/land area split What would the weather generally manifest as? More atmospheric convection (Hadley?) cells? Bigger, beefier hurricanes on the broader oceans? How would the atmospheric compression due to the higher gravity affect normal vertical circulation, or wouldn't it matter? **Yeah, the planet may not be possible (I'd wonder why it didn't turn into a gas giant), but run with it for the thought experiment. Thanks for any input, Mike Miller, Materials Engineer I'd think offhand that obliquity and the rotation period would also be major determinants of weather. -- Roger |
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I'd think offhand that obliquity and the rotation period would also be major determinants of weather. Oh, right. Tilt: 25 degrees. Day: 30 hours. Mike Miller, Materials Engineer |
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wrote in message ups.com... For a big terrestrial planet** with the following attributes: 1) One bar surface pressure 2) Twice Earth's diameter (x4 Earth's area) 3) 1.5G surface gravity (x6 Earth's mass) 4) Earth-like atmospheric composition 5) Earth-like solar illumination 6) 75/25 water/land area split What would the weather generally manifest as? More atmospheric convection (Hadley?) cells? Bigger, beefier hurricanes on the broader oceans? How would the atmospheric compression due to the higher gravity affect normal vertical circulation, or wouldn't it matter? **Yeah, the planet may not be possible (I'd wonder why it didn't turn into a gas giant), but run with it for the thought experiment. Thanks for any input, Mike Miller, Materials Engineer Park the thing in Mars orbit and I'd expect all water surface. Okay I'm ignorant so it might have been 5% or even 10% land. |
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deowll wrote:
Park the thing in Mars orbit and I'd expect all water surface. Okay I'm ignorant so it might have been 5% or even 10% land. Right. However, this big planet has 25% land and terrestrial levels of sunlight. What would the weather be like? Mike Miller, Materials Engineer |
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