It should be noted though that objects need to have a minimum mass of around 10^21^ kg to be able to hold an atmosphere, so that excludes a lot of the smaller objects. An atmosphere is important because it gives potential settlers a constant source of gases (e.g. CO2), stabilizes the temperature between night and day, and protects them somewhat from radiation.
jupiter doesn't have a clearly-defined surface. it's a gradient transition between atmosphere and liquid ocean of hydrogen, called supercritical phase transition. that's why you can't land there.
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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
It should be noted though that objects need to have a minimum mass of around 10^21^ kg to be able to hold an atmosphere, so that excludes a lot of the smaller objects. An atmosphere is important because it gives potential settlers a constant source of gases (e.g. CO
2), stabilizes the temperature between night and day, and protects them somewhat from radiation.feddup@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
I was looking for "earth" for way too long before realising
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Oh shit, I just got it too. Thanks for that
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 355d
Where's Jupiter? And Mars is smaller than Earth?
I don't think I understand this map.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 355d
jupiter doesn't have a clearly-defined surface. it's a gradient transition between atmosphere and liquid ocean of hydrogen, called supercritical phase transition. that's why you can't land there.