Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earthwww.nationalgeographic.comexternal-link poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) SpaceEnglish • 1 year ago message-square9fedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135external-linkBizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earthwww.nationalgeographic.com poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) SpaceEnglish • 1 year ago message-square9fedilink
minus-square Sierra_Is_Bee ( @Sierra_Is_Bee@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI’m not an engineer or anything, but perhaps you could get a space elevator high enough to reach escape velocity more easily. Then again, it would have to be very tall I’m sure… Never mind probably not feasible.
minus-square zhunk ( @zhunk@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoFor a geostationary orbit, which is where the center of mass of a space elevator would be: h = ³√ G * m * T² / ( 4 * π² ) - r h: orbit height (m) G: gravitational constant m: mass of celestial body (kg) T: period of rotation (s) r: radius of celestial body (m) So, if the mass goes way up, the height of the orbit will, too, unless something crazy happens like the planet spinning super fast.
I’m not an engineer or anything, but perhaps you could get a space elevator high enough to reach escape velocity more easily. Then again, it would have to be very tall I’m sure… Never mind probably not feasible.
For a geostationary orbit, which is where the center of mass of a space elevator would be:
h = ³√ G * m * T² / ( 4 * π² ) - r
So, if the mass goes way up, the height of the orbit will, too, unless something crazy happens like the planet spinning super fast.