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WatsisnameDate: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 09:23 | Message # 31
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Wow. Planet 9's satellite system could be huge (in terms of size, not mass). Its Hill Sphere is a whopping 6AU in radius -- greater than the distance from the Sun to Jupiter! We might expect it to have captured moons within about 1/3 to 1/2 of that range.



 
steeljaw354Date: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 12:43 | Message # 32
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Planet 9 would be the strangest planet. I could imagine all sorts of different moons orbiting around it. Earth size moons possible like 5 AU out?
 
JackDoleDate: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 12:43 | Message # 33
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Planet 9's satellite system could be huge (in terms of size, not mass). Its Hill Sphere is a whopping 6AU in radius -- greater than the distance from the Sun to Jupiter! We might expect it to have captured moons within about 1/3 to 1/2 of that range.

Okay, based on these values, here are a few moons of Planet 9 biggrin



(Planet 9 is here)
Attachments: 2778324.jpg(350Kb) · P9Moons-n100.sc(34Kb)




Don't forget to look here.



Edited by JackDole - Sunday, 04.09.2016, 12:44
 
steeljaw354Date: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 12:46 | Message # 34
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Can I get the Ice Giant version of it? Since I don't really think a terra is realistic, it's awesome but I like to go by realism.

EDIT: It's not needed. I did it myself. How big would the moons be?

Edited by steeljaw354 - Sunday, 04.09.2016, 13:04
 
WatsisnameDate: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 19:21 | Message # 35
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Earth size moons possible like 5 AU out?


Probably more like 2 to 3 AU out, and those moons would be small. Think of Jupiter's satellite system for an analogue -- big moons are close in on nice circular, coplanar orbits, with smaller stuff further out in highly inclined orbits.

JackDole, love all the names. biggrin



 
steeljaw354Date: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 19:46 | Message # 36
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Could it really be two 5 earth mass planets orbiting close together?
 
JackDoleDate: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 20:27 | Message # 37
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JackDole, love all the names.

Thank you.

Do you mean the names of the named moons in my Planet 9 system?



I think they would fit if there were such moons.
Gollum might not fit fully into the naming scheme, but why not? dry

The names for Planet 9 were my suggestions, if he would be discovered, and there would be a contest to name him:
Tartaros, because it represents the deepest level of the underworld,
Sisyphos because of its eccentric orbit, he kept trying to approach the sun, but then has to go far away again!
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steeljaw354Date: Sunday, 04.09.2016, 20:33 | Message # 38
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I prefer Sisyphos because there may be more planet sized objects even further out
 
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