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Warning: This thread takes a realistic look at the world of Fantasy. Don't read if you don't want your dreams of a real Aloria being crushed. But for those of you curious, read on. If I get anything wrong, please do point out my mistakes. Thank you, and have a Massive day!
I've been interested in Astrobiology for some time now, and I started wondering, if Aloria were a real planet, would it be habitable? Now, I know that the continents in the lore are larger then in game, but this is just for fun and to exercise my skills. I will be going off the In-Game sizes, as that is what is physically there to calculate.
As reference, I will be using Fenderfell for my alculations due to its regular, square shape and its large size. The North-western tip of Fenderfell is at about -4118 x and z. The South-eastern most tip is about 4100 x and z. it has a total of roughly 8000 square meters, since each block is 1x1x1 meters.. The official map of Aloria drawn by marty is about 3 Fenderfells tall and wide. This puts it at 72,000 square meters.
I assume the map to be one hemisphere, as Yang Tzu and another continent is supposed to be on the other side. The total surface area of Aloria should be about 144,000 meters squared, or about 144 square Km. Not very big. About the surface area of the city of Pittsburgh PA. A big city, but not huge. And that is very small for a planet. That is so small that it would be unable to form a shape of a sphere. It wouldn't even qualify for dwarf planet status. And don't even get me started on holding water, or even staying together.
If we assume that Aloria is as dense as Earth, then we would way almost nothing on Aloria. On Mar's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, both about the size of a football field, we could take a running jump and easily go fly off into space. On Aloria, if you jumped off a cliff, you would be in its orbit.
The surface of Aloria would be bombarded by derbies constantly. The surface would be like swiss cheese, and dust would be everywhere. The whole planet would be surrounded by a constant cloud of dust. And quickly, it would all just disappear.
But, what if it had a denser core? Well, Earth's core is made of Iron, a mid range density. For Aloria to remotely stay together, its core would need to be made of say, Uranium of Plutonium. While life that developed with a planet with a core like that would be relatively immune to that radiation, there is another issue. Solar flares.
Aloria's star is obviously like ours. A yellow, middle aged star. Stars like these tend to be in the top 75% of all stars in terms of size. Larger stars tend to emit more radiation. Solar flares galore. And with a metal at the core like Uranium or Plutonium, the core would be unable to melt. This would leave no magnetic field to shield Aloria from solar flares. This radiation would be deadly to almost anything.
So, to sum it all up, I don't suggest you wish to be on Aloria unless you have a death wish. And though, this is just fantasy, and the world could never be made the full scale, it is clear that the in-game Aloria is, without a doubt, uninhabitable by our planetary formation theory, the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology. And while the would is beautiful, it just would not survive in the real universe. But maybe my math's wrong. I'm a science nerd, not a math wiz.
But hey! That's just a theory! A Massive Theory! Thanks for reading!
I've been interested in Astrobiology for some time now, and I started wondering, if Aloria were a real planet, would it be habitable? Now, I know that the continents in the lore are larger then in game, but this is just for fun and to exercise my skills. I will be going off the In-Game sizes, as that is what is physically there to calculate.
As reference, I will be using Fenderfell for my alculations due to its regular, square shape and its large size. The North-western tip of Fenderfell is at about -4118 x and z. The South-eastern most tip is about 4100 x and z. it has a total of roughly 8000 square meters, since each block is 1x1x1 meters.. The official map of Aloria drawn by marty is about 3 Fenderfells tall and wide. This puts it at 72,000 square meters.
I assume the map to be one hemisphere, as Yang Tzu and another continent is supposed to be on the other side. The total surface area of Aloria should be about 144,000 meters squared, or about 144 square Km. Not very big. About the surface area of the city of Pittsburgh PA. A big city, but not huge. And that is very small for a planet. That is so small that it would be unable to form a shape of a sphere. It wouldn't even qualify for dwarf planet status. And don't even get me started on holding water, or even staying together.
If we assume that Aloria is as dense as Earth, then we would way almost nothing on Aloria. On Mar's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, both about the size of a football field, we could take a running jump and easily go fly off into space. On Aloria, if you jumped off a cliff, you would be in its orbit.
The surface of Aloria would be bombarded by derbies constantly. The surface would be like swiss cheese, and dust would be everywhere. The whole planet would be surrounded by a constant cloud of dust. And quickly, it would all just disappear.
But, what if it had a denser core? Well, Earth's core is made of Iron, a mid range density. For Aloria to remotely stay together, its core would need to be made of say, Uranium of Plutonium. While life that developed with a planet with a core like that would be relatively immune to that radiation, there is another issue. Solar flares.
Aloria's star is obviously like ours. A yellow, middle aged star. Stars like these tend to be in the top 75% of all stars in terms of size. Larger stars tend to emit more radiation. Solar flares galore. And with a metal at the core like Uranium or Plutonium, the core would be unable to melt. This would leave no magnetic field to shield Aloria from solar flares. This radiation would be deadly to almost anything.
So, to sum it all up, I don't suggest you wish to be on Aloria unless you have a death wish. And though, this is just fantasy, and the world could never be made the full scale, it is clear that the in-game Aloria is, without a doubt, uninhabitable by our planetary formation theory, the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology. And while the would is beautiful, it just would not survive in the real universe. But maybe my math's wrong. I'm a science nerd, not a math wiz.
But hey! That's just a theory! A Massive Theory! Thanks for reading!
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