On 16 Jul 2009 at 17:52, wrote:
> Quoting DED <>:
> > I'd like to know what others think about this and hopefully EDG will
> > weigh in as well. In fact, he probably already has a revised world
> > generation sequence to take this into account. :)
>
> Rather than figuring out how to generate them, I just want to know
> three things:
> - How "good" their atmosphere can be? (I.e. how thick/thin?)
> - Could such a planet support significant life? (I.e. macroscopic
> multicellular life.)
> - Could such a planet support human life?
The fact that they *aren't* gas giants pretty much guarantees that
they were exposed to really high temps for an extended period to
drive off the volatiles.
That would tend to make them a lot les hospitable to life.
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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com