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    Cheese Biscuitsubscriberoccifermaster-noderuc-votercrusaderfeatured-lvl3uc-winner-lvl4 2022-07-08 22:03:40 UTC

    @beginninganimator I have a question, space guy

    Does the size of a planet affect the rotation speed, and by extension the day length? (Grodot is about twice the size of Earth).

    Also, rather than 50% Sun, 50% moon like Earth, it’s more like 80% night, 20% day. How would that work, if it even can? If not I’ll just leave it as something magic or smth

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    • Im not entirely an expert but I’ll give it a go with a slight amount of help from google.

      It seems that the larger the planet the faster it spins.
      Jupiter is the largest, so it spins the fastest.
      Small planets have a day longer than Earths.

      On earth, longer days and longer nights during winter and summer occurs because of Earth’s tilt
      Because one hemisphere is tilted towards the sun in summer, a day is longer.
      Because one hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, a night is longer.
      So I suppose you could tilt the planet in a way that would make nights much longer. Although I think it would need more than just a tilt because I’m assuming you’re talking about all year it does this which I don’t think would be possible without something blocking out the sun.

      Fill me in on the features grodot has as well as the orbit so I can come up with a concept why it often has more nights.

      2022-07-08 22:33:00 UTC 1
      • Replying to: ColloIm not entirely an expert but I'll give it a go with a slig

        Uh…magic it is

        I’m dumb as hell with this so I might have to wing it with the solar system and how everything else works, because of how weird Grodot is. but thanks for the info bro

        2022-07-09 03:44:27 UTC 1
        • Replying to: Cheese BiscuitUh…magic it is I’m dumb as hell with this so I might have t

          Maybe you could do something with the ring system. It could be large enough and spread out in a way so that it eclipses the sun all year, and the sun appears 80% less than a night sky does because of the rocks and ice and gas constantly blocking it out.

          This could allow for some cool scenery too.

          2022-07-09 07:05:24 UTC 1
          • Replying to: ColloMaybe you could do something with the ring system. It could

            Rings?

            2022-07-09 07:34:41 UTC 1
            • Replying to: Cheese BiscuitRings?

              I thought you said grodot had rings. Sorry if you were talking about another planet

              2022-07-09 20:33:13 UTC 1
              • Replying to: ColloI thought you said grodot had rings. Sorry if you were talki

                Oh, bro I forgot about it…and I thought of it smh

                Yeah, those are remnants of smaller moons that got destroyed in the War for Lunite. They had about 8, but now 3.

                2022-07-09 20:40:33 UTC 1