But is it chasing stars?
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Nope, waterfalls
So, my understanding is that the Simp is all alone?
Being that size can be really fucking intimidating to others.
SIMP? More like PGTOW (Planets Going Their Own Way)
This planet is no orbiter.
I hate that I laughed at that
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So, my understanding of auroras is, the planet's magnetic field draws particles emitted by the sun toward the poles, and as those particles interact with the atmosphere they glow. So without a star and thus without solar wind, where do the aurora come from?
I mean, it has a magnetic field 6 or 7 orders of magnitude higher than ours. Id guess that extra strength allows it to pull particles from much further away and possibly from sources much more reticent to give up their particles than solar wind
Both the magnetic field strength and charged particle flux fall off proportional to the square of the distance from the planet / star respectively, so I doubt it gets much of anything even with a strong magnetic field unless it’s also near a star.
I’d also point out that the particles aren’t really attracted by the earths magnetic field, we’re just in the pathway, and the magnetic field funnels them to the poles. It’s more guidance than attraction.
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Im guessing it only occurs when it is in a cloud or trail of charged particles. or perhaps there is a local (climatic?) cycle that sends charged particles to the poles.
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wtf,they have several classifications.
- free-floating planetary-mass object
- exoplanet
- rogue planet
- brown dwarf
welcome to science where theres names, AND acknowledgement that things change with new data
Strangely Independent Massive Planet - Simp
Strangely attracted to distant stars yet unable to establish a stable orbit, Simp 0136 is condemned to a lonely existence.
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wait is this real or a joke? do we have a new planet that I've never heard of??
This planet isn't in our solar system. We've found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it's a safe bet that there's lots more of them than you're aware of
We have discovered over 6000 exoplanets in total, and over 100 in this year. I'd be surprised if you knew of all of them
Oh you wanna be an astronaut, kid? Name every exoplanet
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Galaxy, not Solar System. There are a lot of planets in our galaxy that you’ve probably never heard of
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Interesting, I just finished reading Rendezvous With Rama.
If a massive object like that was to pass through our neighbourhood I think it could fling planets out of the solar system.
Even with this mass this planet would have to pass one of the outer planets extremely close and quite slowly to have a chance of dragging a planet out of the solar system.
This is the same sort of idea as when galaxies merge. There is little chance of our solar system being effected in that scenario. There is just too much space to space.
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That's one of my very favorite books. It's fantastic at setting the mood. The further books are ok but not as much to my taste.
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Ofc the simp is cucked in the corner not allowed to join the orgy of planets.
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Borg Sphere Model 2025
So how come there's an aurora when there's no star to spray it with electromagnetic radiation?
Because the planet produces its own radiation. That much mass means this is less a "planet" and more of a proto star. It's actually large enough to fuse deuterium if the right conditions arise. Pour enough hydrogen in there to raise the mass three of four times what it has now and it'd be comparable to our sun.
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Name seems wrong but you do you, SIMP 0136
He's just jealous 'cause the dorks on Earth called him a failed star.
Lonely queen.
Welcome to 2016. Mike brown and Konstantin Batygin basically proved that the only way we could explain the orbits of Pluto and other KBO was a massive 9th, yet to be discovered rogue planet more than likely ejected from our inner solar system during planet formation.
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