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Old 2008-02-07, 08:05   Link #625
arkhangelsk
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Don't be so sure. The parameters of a valid planet are quite flexible.

As a simple example, I can have an Earth sized "moon", with a surface gravity of 0.2Gs and a escape velocity of 5km/s. The planet will have to be mostly water or an equivalent in density, but it can hold an atmosphere, and it'll be big.
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