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Stitcher
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Terra Incognita.
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Posted - 2007.11.21 07:47:00 -
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Edited by: Stitcher on 21/11/2007 07:48:40
 Originally by: Kuolematon
Btw, I always find it funny that 100 AU from Sun and we see habitable planets in EVE 
Not strictly impossible. In fact, a star several times larger and hotter than Sol would definitely have a habitable zone that much further out.
Our own sun is tiny and feeble next to some of the behemoths that are out there... There are starts in this galaxy alone that are the same size relative to OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM as Sol is relative to Earth.
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Stitcher
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Posted - 2007.11.21 08:03:00 -
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Originally by: Andrue
Edited by: Andrue on 21/11/2007 07:58:07
Edited by: Andrue on 21/11/2007 07:57:27
Originally by: Stitcher
Edited by: Stitcher on 21/11/2007 07:48:40
Originally by: Kuolematon
Btw, I always find it funny that 100 AU from Sun and we see habitable planets in EVE
Not strictly impossible. In fact, a star several times larger and hotter than Sol would definitely have a habitable zone that much further out.
Our own sun is tiny and feeble next to some of the behemoths that are out there... There are starts in this galaxy alone that are the same size relative to OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM as Sol is relative to Earth.
I think it's pretty unlikely, though. In space radiation obeys the inverse square law so for a habitable planet to be 100AU from it's sun the star would have to be 10,000 times brighter, wouldn it?
Not necessarily. it could put out the same amount of radiation per square mile of surface are as our own Sun does, but be 10,000 times larger.
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Not impossible but I doubt any star would burn for long enough at that level of activity. Those really large stars are dying and bloated from age I think.
Not all of them. Some of them are just really freaking huge.....
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If there were other planets closer to the star then we could be even more sceptical. A star that bright with planets within 1AU would be impossible I think.
Well yeah, there's the bit where you're more accurate. You're not really likely to get both. In all honesty your first point is also perfectly valid, I was just flexing my space-nerd muscles.
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Stitcher
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Posted - 2007.11.21 19:43:00 -
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Originally by: WarlockX
Edited by: WarlockX on 21/11/2007 18:14:06
Two things.
1. Why is the eve galaxy so tiny. Our galaxy is 50,000 Light years
Simple answer - the stars in EVE are not a whole galaxy - merely those systems that are part of the stargate network. The actual EVE galaxy, wherever it is, is presumably considerably bigger. New Eden itself is just a dusty little pocket of space a few hundred light-years across. Quite possibly a stellar nursery that's had some time to mature and spread out a little, or something along those lines.
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