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Getting to Know Your Own Backyard | Monday, Period 2
"Last class," Kanan mused as he ushered the students into the cockpit of the ship, "and there's one more planet to go. That worked out pretty well."
Poor Pluto, relegated to 'dwarf planet' status, like a chump.
That just meant it was in good company. With others like Xena.
"This one's Neptune," Hera said. "Another god. And...looks like another gas giant, like the last few."
"More blue," Kanan offered, ever so helpfully. "Some small, irregular rings. Fourth largest diameter of all the planets in this system, but with the third largest mass, and more dense than any other giant around. So our takeaway from this is mostly that the big stuff likes hanging out around the outer rim of this system. Doesn't look like there are any smaller planets around."
Again, poor Pluto.
Hera scanned the planet as they made it into orbit. "Windy down there. 2,200 kilometers an hour. We're not even getting close on this one. Mostly hydrogen and helium like the other giants, plus methane to give it the blue. A few large storms like on Jupiter, though they seem a bit more volatile."
"Those would be like--" Kanan waited until the Ghost did a bit more of its first lap, and then pointed out the window. "Like that dark spot up there, on the northern part of the planet. Looks like, unlike that big storm we saw on Jupiter, that one's probably going to dissipate in a few years. Earth years. Not Neptune years. Which, for the record," he glanced at the readings, "take about 164.8 Earth years on their own. On the other hand, a day is only sixteen hours and six minutes."
So a Neptune year was around 89,668 Neptune days long. Oof.
"This is why galactic time standards are so important," Hera said wryly. Otherwise you died of old age before getting to be a month old.
"A life without birthdays," Kanan mused. "Tragic."
"Well, I haven't known a species that could live on a place like that. Maybe in orbital stations." Hera shrugged. "So I doubt it comes up much."
"Between the cold, the storms, and the having to live in compressed gas ice, not to mention the fact that the gravity is seventeen times that of Earth, I can't think of a species who would want to go down there," Kanan agreed. "So, we're not going to go down there, either. Shame to end our final lesson this term on an orbital path, but it'd be a bigger shame to, you know, die."
He tried to avoid that one as a general rule.
"Jawas," Hera said. "They'll go anywhere they think is interesting. You'd probably have to hold them back. On the other hand, if we could send the Hutts there…"
"Hera," Kanan chided, "that's racist."
Not incorrect, perhaps. But racist.
"Maybe," Hera said. "You meet a nice and honorable Hutt, I'll apologize to them."
"Sure thing." Kanan gave his shoulders a shrug. Okay, she had him there. "I meet one who isn't a total sleemo, you'll be the first person I let know."
So anyway, Neptune.
Poor Pluto, relegated to 'dwarf planet' status, like a chump.
That just meant it was in good company. With others like Xena.
"This one's Neptune," Hera said. "Another god. And...looks like another gas giant, like the last few."
"More blue," Kanan offered, ever so helpfully. "Some small, irregular rings. Fourth largest diameter of all the planets in this system, but with the third largest mass, and more dense than any other giant around. So our takeaway from this is mostly that the big stuff likes hanging out around the outer rim of this system. Doesn't look like there are any smaller planets around."
Again, poor Pluto.
Hera scanned the planet as they made it into orbit. "Windy down there. 2,200 kilometers an hour. We're not even getting close on this one. Mostly hydrogen and helium like the other giants, plus methane to give it the blue. A few large storms like on Jupiter, though they seem a bit more volatile."
"Those would be like--" Kanan waited until the Ghost did a bit more of its first lap, and then pointed out the window. "Like that dark spot up there, on the northern part of the planet. Looks like, unlike that big storm we saw on Jupiter, that one's probably going to dissipate in a few years. Earth years. Not Neptune years. Which, for the record," he glanced at the readings, "take about 164.8 Earth years on their own. On the other hand, a day is only sixteen hours and six minutes."
So a Neptune year was around 89,668 Neptune days long. Oof.
"This is why galactic time standards are so important," Hera said wryly. Otherwise you died of old age before getting to be a month old.
"A life without birthdays," Kanan mused. "Tragic."
"Well, I haven't known a species that could live on a place like that. Maybe in orbital stations." Hera shrugged. "So I doubt it comes up much."
"Between the cold, the storms, and the having to live in compressed gas ice, not to mention the fact that the gravity is seventeen times that of Earth, I can't think of a species who would want to go down there," Kanan agreed. "So, we're not going to go down there, either. Shame to end our final lesson this term on an orbital path, but it'd be a bigger shame to, you know, die."
He tried to avoid that one as a general rule.
"Jawas," Hera said. "They'll go anywhere they think is interesting. You'd probably have to hold them back. On the other hand, if we could send the Hutts there…"
"Hera," Kanan chided, "that's racist."
Not incorrect, perhaps. But racist.
"Maybe," Hera said. "You meet a nice and honorable Hutt, I'll apologize to them."
"Sure thing." Kanan gave his shoulders a shrug. Okay, she had him there. "I meet one who isn't a total sleemo, you'll be the first person I let know."
So anyway, Neptune.
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This system really liked blue planets.
OOC!
Also I have a holostatue of him that levels up my characters in SWTOR, so.
Llwy: He does have a pretty awesome cackle.
Shannon: Ha-HAAAA!