Re: The shape of the world

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:50:16 -0700 (PDT), Dave Klassen
<klassen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 9, 7:49 pm, Loren Pechtel <lorenpech...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:18:53 -0700 (PDT), decalod85

<decalo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
They had an interesting one that was a sphere, but rotated on it's
side with the magnetic pole facing the star.  The side facing the star
was a desert wasteland/molten lava, the side facing away was a frozen
wasteland, and there was a thin strip between the extremes along the
equator that was a paradise.

Except this doesn't work--all the atmosphere wanders off to the dark
side and freezes out.  You get an airless world.

Uranus has a world encircling atmosphere.

Hmmm...I wonder if the depth of the atmosphere (and thus the bulk
circulation between poles) makes that possible? On a smaller, rocky
planet with a relatively thin atmosphere there might not be enough
heat transport from the 'hot' side to the 'cold' side to keep things
stable.

Anyway, where the magnetic pole points doesn't matter.  It's the
rotation pole though the star that produces this effect.

That's what I assumed was meant.

--

Kyle Wilson
email: kylewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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