So when someone thinks of a planet most people would think of the kinds of planets in our own solar system but in reality there are so many different kinds of planets and not only that but even some of the planets in our own solar system are not what they seem. For example, Mercury seems like a normal planet yeah? Well the thing is that even though it is only a little larger than the moon it has more than twice the gravity of the moon.
This means that the components of mercury are not what they seem. Our moon is made up things you would assume that it has, it is like a small planet, it has a molten core, a mantel and a crust, this is the same as our earth only on a much larger scale. Mercury on the other hand has such a huge gravity and yet is so small which can only mean on thing, it has to be dense. And what is the most dense part of a planet? The core, which for rocky planets like ours and Mercury is made out of iron. If Mercury is just a core that means at some point it used to be a much larger planet. Something on the same size as earth or Venus. There are is only one thing that comes to mind that could do something like rip off something like 60% of a planet, and that is another planet.
But that goes into a different subject i might talk about later (wandering planets) for now i am going to talk about my favorite kind of exo-planet that we know can exist.
Binary planet systems. This is where there are two planets orbit each other and are relatively large. Sometimes the earth and the moon are considered binary planets but what i am talking about is when something like Venus and Earth orbiting together.
Now should we take this to the next level on thinking?
Sure, lets say that there were to planets rotating around each other, and they were in the Goldilocks zone (when the planet is far enough from the sun that there its water is not frozen but not so close that it evaporates) than life could occur on on these planets as we know it (carbon based), if this happened than when they looked up at night or during the day in some cases they would be able to see the life there. This could Even go as far as to prevent something like the dark ages or even religion in an extreme case from happening. I am willing to say this much because one thing about our own sky and what you can see with the naked eye, is that it all looks the same in a sense. For example when you look up in the sky, you really only see three things, and two of those look the same for the most part. The sun is a super bright light, nothing is like it here on earth, and the moon and the stars look the same in color and also look like nothing here on earth. So the sky becomes distant, detached from here, it becomes the heavens, but if they looked up there and something that did look like things down here than that would force them to think about things in a different manner. And as soon as they get the hang of map making than they would start to realize that like on their own planet this other planet has continents, oceans, forests and life. Not only this but if one of the planets life developed electricity than the other planet would be able to see the planet when its in the dark.
For us here on earth the space race happened because two nations were trying to show off their power, but in this situation they would race to get to the other planet. One would hope that they had something similar to the UN that would keep them from directly contacting this other life to let them have natural evolution and development.
This is what i like thinking about. I wish I could talk to people that could help me think more about this in a better light and understanding.
Oh well. someday there will be a chance for me.
Till next time.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Space.... Nope VIDEOGAMES
So as I'm sure you all know, I love space, but something else I love is videogames.
But the thing about games is that they are expensive for the most part and you have to pay for them (not really at all but it is good to if you like the people that make them). So a lot of people either dont have a lot of games or have to wait for sales. This is both good and bad because its really a pain if you see a game come out or you find a game that you really want bu you dont have the money. But I have found an amazing site here on the web that can help any one that plays games on say steam.
Now I have actually known about this site for a year or two now, but it recently has come out with a new feature and it is really cool so I thought i would use this chance to introduce it here so all of you (the what, three of you? thank you by the way) that like videogames.
Anyways the site is called The Humble Bundle and like I said it is super super cool.
Here are all the super great things about this site, first off its pay what you want, and pay more than the average to get special games. Second the bundle has anything from 5 to 9 games in it.
Normally the average only gets to about $5 so you pay $6 and get all those games.
AND even better is that you can give the money to charity if you want. But if you dont want to do that you can pick how much goes to where, the humble bundle, the game creators, or the charity.
And about every 10 days or so the main Bundle changes to something different. But there is also the Weekly sale, that as the name implies it changes every week.
But the New thing that has Just come out is the Humble Store. This new feature allows you to buy just a single game, and it doesn't have that huge price discount, but the store has a Huge veriety of games and the these games change every 24 hours so if there is nothing that looks good to you just wait a day and there are all these new games.
As for myself i have yet to use the store but i have used the others, The Humble Bundle and the Humble Weekly Sale and every time i have used it i came out happy with the over all experience. But soon i am guessing there will be a game in the store that i might buy. I highly suggest to anyone that plays games that they should check out this site, even for just a quick look.
But the thing about games is that they are expensive for the most part and you have to pay for them (not really at all but it is good to if you like the people that make them). So a lot of people either dont have a lot of games or have to wait for sales. This is both good and bad because its really a pain if you see a game come out or you find a game that you really want bu you dont have the money. But I have found an amazing site here on the web that can help any one that plays games on say steam.
Now I have actually known about this site for a year or two now, but it recently has come out with a new feature and it is really cool so I thought i would use this chance to introduce it here so all of you (the what, three of you? thank you by the way) that like videogames.
Anyways the site is called The Humble Bundle and like I said it is super super cool.
Here are all the super great things about this site, first off its pay what you want, and pay more than the average to get special games. Second the bundle has anything from 5 to 9 games in it.
Normally the average only gets to about $5 so you pay $6 and get all those games.
AND even better is that you can give the money to charity if you want. But if you dont want to do that you can pick how much goes to where, the humble bundle, the game creators, or the charity.
And about every 10 days or so the main Bundle changes to something different. But there is also the Weekly sale, that as the name implies it changes every week.
But the New thing that has Just come out is the Humble Store. This new feature allows you to buy just a single game, and it doesn't have that huge price discount, but the store has a Huge veriety of games and the these games change every 24 hours so if there is nothing that looks good to you just wait a day and there are all these new games.
As for myself i have yet to use the store but i have used the others, The Humble Bundle and the Humble Weekly Sale and every time i have used it i came out happy with the over all experience. But soon i am guessing there will be a game in the store that i might buy. I highly suggest to anyone that plays games that they should check out this site, even for just a quick look.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
HAHAHA GOING ON FOREVER
so i told my english teacher(the one that is making me do this) that i would let him pick what i would talk about in this, but im not going to do that because yeah.
Infinity.
So what do you think of when you talk about infinity.
0,1,2,3,4,5,6... all the way to the end?
that works.
But what about the numbers in-between 1 and 2?
1.1, 1.2... wait, that would come to an end, what about 1.1, 1.11, 1.111, going on forever. That would be infinity as well.
So does that mean that there are infinite numbers between numbers in an infinite count.
But than again there number going back, so 0,-1,-2,-3,-4,-5,-6... again going back forever.
And this number count also have numbers between them.
So there are numbers going on forever in bot directions from 0. And between each number in that infinity has an infinity between it. So an infinity inside infinity.
Pretty awesome i think. But here is another cool thing. As i am surrounded by hippies that dont actually know what they are talking about, i tend to end up looking up a lot.
There are these things called fractals in math, the hippies seem to have a weird understanding of this. What they are is a pattern that goes on forever, and as you zoom in it again goes on forever just getting smaller. ill stop here before i start to talk math.
A great youtube channel to learn more cool stuff like this is http://www.youtube.com/vihart.
Super good.
Ciao.
Infinity.
So what do you think of when you talk about infinity.
0,1,2,3,4,5,6... all the way to the end?
that works.
But what about the numbers in-between 1 and 2?
1.1, 1.2... wait, that would come to an end, what about 1.1, 1.11, 1.111, going on forever. That would be infinity as well.
So does that mean that there are infinite numbers between numbers in an infinite count.
But than again there number going back, so 0,-1,-2,-3,-4,-5,-6... again going back forever.
And this number count also have numbers between them.
So there are numbers going on forever in bot directions from 0. And between each number in that infinity has an infinity between it. So an infinity inside infinity.
Pretty awesome i think. But here is another cool thing. As i am surrounded by hippies that dont actually know what they are talking about, i tend to end up looking up a lot.
There are these things called fractals in math, the hippies seem to have a weird understanding of this. What they are is a pattern that goes on forever, and as you zoom in it again goes on forever just getting smaller. ill stop here before i start to talk math.
A great youtube channel to learn more cool stuff like this is http://www.youtube.com/vihart.
Super good.
Ciao.
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