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: - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 11:34, 31 July 2017 (EDT)
 
: - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 11:34, 31 July 2017 (EDT)
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== Additional classification of Planets ==
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There is a finer division of the composition of planets. From GT: First In,p 57:
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A planet with a density of 1.3 to 3.0 is a ''silicate world'', with a density 3.1 to 4.5 is a ''low-iron'' world, with density 4.6 to 6.0 is a ''medium-iron'' world, with a density 6.1 to 7.0 is a ''high-iron'' world, and with a density 7.1 and up is a ''metallic'' world.
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Values are in grams per cubic centimeter (gm/cc^3). Earth has a density of 5.5, a medium-iron world. Worlds consisting entirely of water (or ice) would be a ''silicate world''.
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Icy bodies too small to be planets (i.e. have the gravity to be self-rounding) may have densities in the range of 0.8 to 1.3 range.
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From GT:First In, p 58:
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G = 0.0228 x K x D , where K is the density given above, and D is the diameter of the world in thousands of miles, and the result G is the gravity of the world in Gs.
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[[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]] ([[User talk:Tjoneslo|talk]]) 11:25, 27 August 2017 (EDT)

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Notes (2017)

  1. External Link: T5 World Mapping Tool
  2. External Link: Unbelievably Strange Planets in Space
  3. External Link: HI. I'm have a question: What are the planet types in 2300 AD? Can others be added?
- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:34, 31 July 2017 (EDT)

Additional classification of Planets

There is a finer division of the composition of planets. From GT: First In,p 57:

A planet with a density of 1.3 to 3.0 is a silicate world, with a density 3.1 to 4.5 is a low-iron world, with density 4.6 to 6.0 is a medium-iron world, with a density 6.1 to 7.0 is a high-iron world, and with a density 7.1 and up is a metallic world.

Values are in grams per cubic centimeter (gm/cc^3). Earth has a density of 5.5, a medium-iron world. Worlds consisting entirely of water (or ice) would be a silicate world.

Icy bodies too small to be planets (i.e. have the gravity to be self-rounding) may have densities in the range of 0.8 to 1.3 range.

From GT:First In, p 58:

G = 0.0228 x K x D , where K is the density given above, and D is the diameter of the world in thousands of miles, and the result G is the gravity of the world in Gs.

Tjoneslo (talk) 11:25, 27 August 2017 (EDT)