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Theoretical question time :=3
Jul. 7th, 2013 08:35 amAssume you are in the Oort cloud and away from other planets' gravitational effects.
You start "assembling" a planet by bringing asteroid sized pieces together. At first you would need some way to hold the pieces together: magnets, glue, rivets, whatever.
My question is: At what point would you start to notice an appreciable gravity well forming. We know that once you got to the size of the smaller moons you would notice it, but how much before that size would it be noticeable. Also at what point would gravity start holding the pieces together by itself?
Some idle musings from the railroading lion. :=3
You start "assembling" a planet by bringing asteroid sized pieces together. At first you would need some way to hold the pieces together: magnets, glue, rivets, whatever.
My question is: At what point would you start to notice an appreciable gravity well forming. We know that once you got to the size of the smaller moons you would notice it, but how much before that size would it be noticeable. Also at what point would gravity start holding the pieces together by itself?
Some idle musings from the railroading lion. :=3
