JellyfishCh70 - Interstellar: Year One

 

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🌺 SilverCyanide [Translator]
Hello, I'm SilverCyanide but call me Silver! I hope you enjoy my translations OvO

Translator's Note

Lit. North, Fox-Sea

Translator's Note

Think of those Wuxia novel main characters who travel around the land, free and easy.

Translator's Note

Hua Ji’s new name sounds like the words for giving birth and fish.

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  5. …Author

    …No…

    [Please don’t continue reading if you would like to end this chapter on a more positive note. The comment below will break down why the space exploration described was unlikely.]

    [You have been warned. Stop here.]

    [Unless you find astronomy interesting.]

    [In which case, carry on…]

    ———

    [Warning: I do not know a lot about astronomy. I know quite a bit, probably more than the average person, but I’m not an expert.]

    Jupiter and a great majority of the planets outside of our solar system are incapable of supporting life.

    For a celestial body to be habitable, it must have all of the three following characteristics:

    An atmosphere which maintains a low temperature range and prevents more extreme temperatures (insulation)
    Life-sustaining elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen (necessary for an organism to function)
    Protection of the magnetic field from harmful radiation emitted by nearby stars (this requires a molten core, which can be discovered on planets through liberations, or small shifts in the planet as it rotates)

    The atmosphere of gas giants in our solar system, including Jupiter and Saturn, is primarily composed of lighter elements such as hydrogen and helium because the force of gravity is so high. Additionally, these planets have no place (solid or liquid) for life to inhabit. Even the surfaces of these planets are likely to be incapable of sustaining life as, again, the force of gravity is too significant.

    Many of the exoplanets (planets outside of our solar system) are unable to meet some of the habitable criteria. Some planets that do include Kepler 186f, Kepler 283c, Gliese 667C f, 667C e, Kepler 62e, Kepler 62f and Gliese 581d according to Futurism. However, the closest planet on this list is 20 light-years away (~11,760,000,000,000mi, about eleven quadrillion, seven hundred and sixty trillion miles; or ~18,920,000,000,000km, about eighteen quadrillion, nine hundred and twenty kilometers). For reference, the fastest rocket travels 163km/s, which can be converted to about 587,000km/hr or about 365,000mph. Ignoring the volume of gas carried by the rocket, it would take around 3680 years to reach the closest star, which is not the period of time the character took to travel.

    • [Again, don’t read if you don’t want to. I am not an expert.]

      TL;DR: For a celestial body to be habitable, it must have all of the three following characteristics:

      An atmosphere which maintains a low temperature range and prevents more extreme temperatures (insulation)
      Life-sustaining elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen (necessary for an organism to function)
      Protection of the magnetic field from harmful radiation emitted by nearby stars (this requires a molten core, which can be discovered on planets through liberations, or small shifts in the planet as it rotates)

      The celestial bodies the story mentions don’t meet the criteria. Even if they did, it would take the characters 4000 years (give or take a few centuries) to reach those destinations.