2908: Moon Armor Index
Moon Armor Index |
Title text: Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor. |
Explanation[edit]
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In this comic, Randall hypothesizes a situation in which each planet's moons were converted into protective armor to coat their respective planets. For example, the Moon would coat Earth in a 43 kilometer layer if it were molded into protective armor for the planet. It is unknown how the moons would be converted into armor, but with current technology, this would be highly impractical, if not impossible.[citation needed] Mars' moons, being small compared to Mars, would make a thinner layer over Mars. Jupiter, being very big compared to its moons, would also have a small layer of "moon" on it. This is similar for Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto, having a moon (Charon) of a comparable size to its planet, would have a layer thicker than Earth's.
The title text states that astronomers are confused about the idea of protective armor made from moons, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer, who is responsible for keeping other celestial bodies away from Earth's contamination, is apparently strongly in favor of this idea.
Planet/ dwarf planet |
Area (km²) | Moons | Volume (km³) | Moon shield thickness |
---|---|---|---|---|
Earth | 5.1007*10^8 | 1 | 21.96*10^9 | 43 km (27 mi) |
Mars | 1.4437*10^8 | 2 | (5695±32)+(1033±19) | 5 cm (2 in) |
Jupiter | 6.1469*10^10 | 95 | ||
Saturn | 4.27*10^10 | 146 | ||
Uranus | 8.1156*10^9 | 28 | ||
Neptune | 7.6187*10^9 | 16 | ||
Pluto | 1.7744*10^7 | 5 | ||
Salacia | 1 | |||
Haumea | 8.14*10^6 | 2 | ||
Quaoar | 3.78*10^6 | 1 | ||
Gonggong | 1 | |||
Eris | (1.70±0.02)*10^7 | 1 |
Transcript[edit]
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[Text above diagram:]
- Moon armor index:
- How thick the shells around various worlds would be if their moon(s) were converted into protective armor
- ≈Total moon volume/Planet surface area
- [Vertical bars showing "moon armor" thicknesses for the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Salacia, Haumea, Quaoar, Gonggong and Eris. Earth's bar has a label named "43 km thick" and is compared to the height of Mt Everest. The zoom in to the Mars' bar has a thickness label of 2" and is compared to a rover wheel over it. Pluto's bar has a label named "(Mostly Charon)".]
Discussion
Can someone hurry up/w the explanation?162.158.159.162 22:43, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Did it :) --1234231587678 (talk) 00:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
According to https://sl.bing.net/kR6wrqrekg0 it would be 43.1 meters. 172.70.174.117 23:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Bing was wrong, it screwed up the units 172.70.38.181 23:39, 18 March 2024 (UTC)!
Anyone figure out if this takes the recently-discovered moons into account? I'd expect as much but it would make a good addition to the explanation. 172.70.131.155 01:39, 19 March 2024 (UTC)