My Kepler Bb planet is just like what the title says, it has 4 major moons and it is earth-like(similar gravity, similar composition, etc. Just the mass and radius and thus density are different. The reason why I say the density is different?
Well take a look at Earth vs Saturn. Those are 2 completely different planets. But the gravity is so similar, 1g on earth vs 1.065g on Saturn. That isn't much of a gravity difference and yet Saturn is so much more massive and has a much larger radius. This is due to the density. My Kepler Bb planet has a lower density but it is still rocky and still has an iron core and a magnetosphere. So anyway, this planet has 4 major moons that are all in resonance. If they weren't, the moons would quickly be ejected until there was just 1 or no moons.
Anyway, I was wondering if having 4 moons vs 1 has any effect on the prevalence and severity of volcanoes and earthquakes. Yes having multiple stars would have a profound effect on tides and thus volcanism. But the stars are so much further away because this planet is in the habitable zone so that cancels out a lot of the tidal force from the stars. But what about the moons?
Could it be that every time the moons line up, a supervolcano erupts causing a volcanic winter across the entire planet due to the sunlight being almost completely blocked?
And what would an event like this look like? Would it look like first 1 moon, than the second moon going behind the first causing an eclipse that is kind of like a solar eclipse only less blinding and then the third moon going behind the second causing an eclipse within an eclipse and then last but not least the fourth moon going behind the third moon when all the moons line up causing an eclipse within an eclipse within an eclipse and then a sudden drop in temperature because of all the tephra blocking the sunlight which could then cause there to be winter type conditions for an entire year?
So basically my eclipse would look similar to this at first:
But of course it wouldn't be nearly as bright but when I look at a full moon, I can see sort of this layering of colors with my eyes as I go out from the moon:
Blue right around the moon, kind of like a flame
White light around that blue ring
Rainbow around that white light
Second white band of light
Moonlight then blends into the night sky except for a few areas(moonbeams I have seen, especially in the summer. So bright I can read well in these moonbeams)
So I can imagine that a moon eclipsing another moon would look like this light I can see on a full moon but with the only visible moon being the closest moon.
So it would look like just 1 moon when really it is 4.
But anyway, could this eclipsing of moons and total moon lineup cause a supervolcano to erupt due to the tidal forces from the moons adding up? Or is that too extreme for multiple moons of an earth-like planet?
Well take a look at Earth vs Saturn. Those are 2 completely different planets. But the gravity is so similar, 1g on earth vs 1.065g on Saturn. That isn't much of a gravity difference and yet Saturn is so much more massive and has a much larger radius. This is due to the density. My Kepler Bb planet has a lower density but it is still rocky and still has an iron core and a magnetosphere. So anyway, this planet has 4 major moons that are all in resonance. If they weren't, the moons would quickly be ejected until there was just 1 or no moons.
Anyway, I was wondering if having 4 moons vs 1 has any effect on the prevalence and severity of volcanoes and earthquakes. Yes having multiple stars would have a profound effect on tides and thus volcanism. But the stars are so much further away because this planet is in the habitable zone so that cancels out a lot of the tidal force from the stars. But what about the moons?
Could it be that every time the moons line up, a supervolcano erupts causing a volcanic winter across the entire planet due to the sunlight being almost completely blocked?
And what would an event like this look like? Would it look like first 1 moon, than the second moon going behind the first causing an eclipse that is kind of like a solar eclipse only less blinding and then the third moon going behind the second causing an eclipse within an eclipse and then last but not least the fourth moon going behind the third moon when all the moons line up causing an eclipse within an eclipse within an eclipse and then a sudden drop in temperature because of all the tephra blocking the sunlight which could then cause there to be winter type conditions for an entire year?
So basically my eclipse would look similar to this at first:
But of course it wouldn't be nearly as bright but when I look at a full moon, I can see sort of this layering of colors with my eyes as I go out from the moon:
Blue right around the moon, kind of like a flame
White light around that blue ring
Rainbow around that white light
Second white band of light
Moonlight then blends into the night sky except for a few areas(moonbeams I have seen, especially in the summer. So bright I can read well in these moonbeams)
So I can imagine that a moon eclipsing another moon would look like this light I can see on a full moon but with the only visible moon being the closest moon.
So it would look like just 1 moon when really it is 4.
But anyway, could this eclipsing of moons and total moon lineup cause a supervolcano to erupt due to the tidal forces from the moons adding up? Or is that too extreme for multiple moons of an earth-like planet?