ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works to Tan Eggs@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agoDoes dwarf planet Haumea, which I would argue hits both habitat and appearance criteria, count? 😊sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up149arrow-down1imageDoes dwarf planet Haumea, which I would argue hits both habitat and appearance criteria, count? 😊sh.itjust.worksShareMySims@sh.itjust.works to Tan Eggs@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 days agoThanks! Can a planet of that shape hold an atmosphere?
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoNo, but not directly because of its shape. It’s more that any planet with enough mass to hang on to an atmosphere will also be massive enough to squish itself into a sphere.
minus-squareShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoI’m not sure. It does have a ring though!
Thanks! Can a planet of that shape hold an atmosphere?
No, but not directly because of its shape. It’s more that any planet with enough mass to hang on to an atmosphere will also be massive enough to squish itself into a sphere.
I’m not sure. It does have a ring though!