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Mist (Cyan System) by SFStudios

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22nd Jan 2017
23rd Jan 2017
Mist is a very small colonized planet (0.1 Earths) very close to its star, with an albedo of 0.99. Because it is so close to its star, the aliens here use heat pads to keep the water in the air to cool down the planet. The heat pads require coal to work.
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  • SFStudios
    SFStudios     23rd Jan 2017
    I used a calculator and based on its distance (0.4 AU), the size of the star (2.4x Suns), and the greenhouse effect (0.124% Greenhouse Gases in atmosphere) the planet would actually be very very hot without a very high albedo.
  • Coffee
    Coffee     23rd Jan 2017
    if the planet's albedo is 0.99 / 1 then that means that it would be much colder because all of the light/heat is being reflected away?