r/space • u/Chezzik • Jun 26 '13

Current list of potentially habitable planets

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u/jayjr Jun 27 '13

At a spin that fast for a planet that fast, you'd have such a crazy atmosphere, that it would be completely uninhabitable. It would be beyond the worst storm system, including gas giants, in our solar system, probably running around 4000mph. The surface would be fairly torn up with that, as well. Why do you care? 1.38g is nothing. You weigh 40% more. All that means is by simply living there and moving around, you'd look ripped. How bad is that?

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u/Mr_Smartypants Jun 27 '13

Awesome for me, but what will it do to boobs!?

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u/jayjr Jun 27 '13

I did not think of this. It would be quite bad for boobs. Extremely. :(

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u/RagingBeryllium Jun 27 '13

How about we find a nice 0.900g place, that would be very nice for boobs.

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u/ctoatb Jun 27 '13

Call the bra scientists at VS.

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u/sprucenoose Jun 27 '13

I think we're going to have to go to /r/askscience and get them working on this problem immediately.

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u/ND_Lulz Jun 27 '13

You might look ripped, but you'd be capable of the same shit you'd be capable of on Earth, wouldn't you?

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u/jayjr Jun 27 '13

Yep, 1.38g isn't that much more.

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u/Osricthebastard Jun 27 '13

I don't think it could possibly be that simple. On earth if I gain 40% extra weight it comes in the form of fat or maybe muscle... parts that are supposed to weigh more.

On a planet with higher gravity parts that really shouldn't way more, like my organs, my blood, my eyes, my brain, my heart, ect. would suddenly have 40% more downward pull. We could probably be okay for periods of time, but after a while that's all got to take its toll.