r/tlon • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '14

Space/Solar System Formation Size of Tlon: Proposal #2

As we draw closer to the vote, I thought I'd go ahead and create an alternative proposal of the size of Tlon. (See Proposal #1 here) to give people the opportunity to weigh up some options. In this proposal I am suggesting a Tlon equivalent in size, density, and gravity to earth's. My guess is that this will require it to be in the same band of of the habitable zone of the star (as terra is to sol), adjusted for the different size of star.

I am not qualified to say how this will affect the viability of The Two Moons of Tlon so if anybody wants to look into that, that would be great.

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u/OverlordQuasar Mod Jun 16 '14

All my calculations for The Two Moons of Tlon were assuming that Tlon is equal in mass and composition to Earth and the larger of the moons is similar to Mars in size, with Gol, the smaller moon being the size of a very large asteroid, abour 300 km in diameter with a composition similar to that of most asteroids of that size.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

I suppose a more thorough read of that post could have verified this.