Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to Internal Structure of Massive Terrestrial Planets

Now this is real science.

From these scaling laws for Radius, volume, and surface area we can improve on my earlier estimates for surface gravity, atmospheric pressure and ocean depth of Uber Earths.

Basically, due to the compressibility and phase change issues dealt with in this article, waterworlds become even MORE likely...

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