Knotnu's introduction

[Knotnu]

Welcome to my introduction!

I like my Knotnu name because most of the time I like pranking my friends with it.
A beginner worldbuilder so the link bellow will show how beginner I am.
Which me the beginner worldbuilder would ask:

1. How does one world becomes 2.2x bigger than the Earth?
2. What is world building (still trying to discover more)
3. Why are there tags bellow and can I use it over here in the intro (not planning to)?
4. And I think that is all I have for questions

Some other unrelated stuff that isn't worldbuilding that I still love:

1. Love exploring
2. Computers
3. Coding
4. Drones
5. Fixing computers
6. Making a site

I think that is what I want to show for now.

 

[Prince of Spires]

Welcome!

1. Depends a little on what you mean with 2.2X bigger. Generally, it's thought that having a radius of about 2X earth is about the biggest rocky planets can get, so 2.2 times the earth radius is about the upper limit of what you'd find. If you mean in terms of mass, then that limit sits at about 10X earth mass, so you'd be good there. Though as with everything, there's some variation possible.

As to how it happens, simply in the same way all planets form. When a star is formed, the left over material coaleses into planets that orbit that star. Depending on how much material a forming planet gathers it becomes bigger or smaller. That's pretty much it really.

2. world building is the broad term that refers to everything a writer does to invent the setting for his story. This can be as broad as what the world looks like, flora, fauna, magic system. But also as small as what the four different streets are called that make up the small vilage the protagonist grew up in.

3. not sure. I always assume they just happen.

 

[CupofJoe]

Hail and well-met Knotnu
Good to have you here
There are plenty of world builders around here [shyly raises a hand].

 

[pmmg]

I think the rule is, if you increase the size by 2, you increase the mass by 4.

If the planet gains more mass, it gains more gravity, so a lot could be different. People would be stronger to stand upright for one.

Assuming we are not meaning to get that scientific, you could see... Goldie's Guide to World Building

I am not sure what you mean by tags. I assume you mean, when you create a new post, and asks you to enter tags. Tags help with indexing and searches, but they are greatly beneficial to the site. The search engine here works well without them. It may help with people on the internet searching in google, but I think we are probably still small potatoes in that world. MS is not really a posting to the world site.


Oh, and howdy Knotnu, Welcome to the site.

 

[Knotnu]

Welcome!

1. Depends a little on what you mean with 2.2X bigger. Generally, it's thought that having a radius of about 2X earth is about the biggest rocky planets can get, so 2.2 times the earth radius is about the upper limit of what you'd find. If you mean in terms of mass, then that limit sits at about 10X earth mass, so you'd be good there. Though as with everything, there's some variation possible.

As to how it happens, simply in the same way all planets form. When a star is formed, the left over material coaleses into planets that orbit that star. Depending on how much material a forming planet gathers it becomes bigger or smaller. That's pretty much it really.

2. world building is the broad term that refers to everything a writer does to invent the setting for his story. This can be as broad as what the world looks like, flora, fauna, magic system. But also as small as what the four different streets are called that make up the small vilage the protagonist grew up in.

3. not sure. I always assume they just happen.

Thanks for the information! Putting my world building/fictional (my new word) planet, I wanted to put it a bit bigger than earth so that most of my characters can walk normally because from the gravity which I also recently discovered thanks to pmmg in this forum. And it is interesting how the sun just have its left over materials that makes planets bigger or smaller, makes me relax since I was about to research deeply into it till I realized it is in the world building category for a reason!

 

[Knotnu]

Hail and well-met Knotnu
Good to have you here
There are plenty of world builders around here [shyly raises a hand].

Nice! At least I'm not alone!

 

[Knotnu]

I think the rule is, if you increase the size by 2, you increase the mass by 4.

If the planet gains more mass, it gains more gravity, so a lot could be different. People would be stronger to stand upright for one.

Assuming we are not meaning to get that scientific, you could see... Goldie's Guide to World Building

I am not sure what you mean by tags. I assume you mean, when you create a new post, and asks you to enter tags. Tags help with indexing and searches, but they are greatly beneficial to the site. The search engine here works well without them. It may help with people on the internet searching in google, but I think we are probably still small potatoes in that world. MS is not really a posting to the world site.


Oh, and howdy Knotnu, Welcome to the site.

Alright, I'll keep this rule handy since I plan on making other planets in the world building like another Earth like planet (Not sure if it is math possible but I think I heard that Mars used to be filled with water and a bit of life but that is just my assumptions but not really gonna put too much science on it for the complexities that I don't want to put in time yet). Thanks for showing a guide to world building, I'll see what I can make do!

Thanks for explaining to me about tags! and also thanks for introducing me!

 

[pmmg]

Mars had water but it is too small and too cold to keep it on the surface. There is no convincing evidence mars ever had life.

There is life on mars now. We put it there.

 

[Prince of Spires]

I think the rule is, if you increase the size by 2, you increase the mass by 4.

It is: If you increase the diameter (or circumference) by X2, then the surface area increases by 4X, and the volume (and thus mass) increases by 8X (give or take...).

Of course, there's some wiggle room, since you can play with the density of the rock or the material the planet is made out of to make it heavier or lighter.