▲ 1553 ▼ Sea Level (europe.pub) submitted 9 months ago by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments Alt text: They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 months ago (4 children) Exoplanets could have tides too though... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's unlikely that there are many exo planets with a moon as big as the Moon. Much more likely to have small ones like Mars. Mercury, Venus and Mars are all great examples of bad shit that can happen to planets: Tidally locked + too close to the sun, rolled over on the side, and finally Mars too small to maintain a molten core and magnetic field. The Moon helps avoid the Venus situation and maybe the Mars problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago Our moon has a name, it's Luna permalink fedilink source parent [–] nik9000@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Do you think "big enough moon" is going to be similarly rare to "liquid water"? We're getting better and better at finding planets. Not sure how we'd find their moons though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago It does seem like figuring out their moon situation is still pretty speculative... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's unlikely that there are many exo planets with a moon as big as the Moon. Much more likely to have small ones like Mars. Mercury, Venus and Mars are all great examples of bad shit that can happen to planets: Tidally locked + too close to the sun, rolled over on the side, and finally Mars too small to maintain a molten core and magnetic field. The Moon helps avoid the Venus situation and maybe the Mars problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago Our moon has a name, it's Luna permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago Our moon has a name, it's Luna permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nik9000@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Do you think "big enough moon" is going to be similarly rare to "liquid water"? We're getting better and better at finding planets. Not sure how we'd find their moons though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago It does seem like figuring out their moon situation is still pretty speculative... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago It does seem like figuring out their moon situation is still pretty speculative... permalink fedilink source parent