I could see rogue planets existing but supporting life? I find that extremely unlikely. I liked this episode a lot, but i thought some of the scenes were too lit up for a starless planet.
Is the Rogue Planet in "Rogue Planet" really feasible?
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Interesting that the Enteprise episode featured a rogue planet and a species that could change form. The Founders original home in DS9 was a rogue planet.
Scientifically? I've tried to come up with a way, and this might make it work.
A planet on a free trajectory through the galaxy, okay. Ripped out of a existing star system, again okay.
You could have a planet where it's core generated enough heat so as that the planet's surface was warm, keeping the atmospheric gases the proper temperature. Volcanos helping to create green house conditions like with Venus. Energy would not be coming in from the outside, however what heat was produced would be trapped.
Chemicals in the atmosphere could interact to produce light, if the light includes ultraviolet and also infrared portions of the spectrum then photosynthesis can take place, that means plants and oxygen. The surface would still appear dim, plants actual use little "white light," so to Human eyes the landscape would look like late dusk.
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A planet on a free trajectory through the galaxy, okay. Ripped out of a existing star system, again okay.
You could have a planet where it's core generated enough heat so as that the planet's surface was warm, keeping the atmospheric gases the proper temperature. Volcanos helping to create green house conditions like with Venus. Energy would not be coming in from the outside, however what heat was produced would be trapped.
Chemicals in the atmosphere could interact to produce light, if the light includes ultraviolet and also infrared portions of the spectrum then photosynthesis can take place, that means plants and oxygen. The surface would still appear dim, plants actual use little "white light," so to Human eyes the landscape would look like late dusk.
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Very interesting. It is amazing the potential things that exist in our universe.
...Especially if it's deliberately designed.
Not the universe, I mean, but the planet. Terraforming is probably being practiced by every Trek culture worth anything, and has been practiced by all the worthy ancients, too (it's nice that basically everybody has the same life support standards, so a single planet need only be 'formed once and not changed back and forth as ownership changes). Creating a rogue planet might be only a tad more difficult than creating star-bound ones. And somebody might well have the incentive, be it paranoia and the need to hide, or idle curiosity at whether it can be done.
Timo Saloniemi
Not the universe, I mean, but the planet. Terraforming is probably being practiced by every Trek culture worth anything, and has been practiced by all the worthy ancients, too (it's nice that basically everybody has the same life support standards, so a single planet need only be 'formed once and not changed back and forth as ownership changes). Creating a rogue planet might be only a tad more difficult than creating star-bound ones. And somebody might well have the incentive, be it paranoia and the need to hide, or idle curiosity at whether it can be done.
Timo Saloniemi
Any effect that would cause the planet to be ripped away from orbit would have caused a loss of atmosphere and lots of geological instability. The geological instability could generate heat, but that was not demonstrated in the episode. It would also create a toxic atmosphere, but that was not shown. Plants? Give me a break.
While a rogue planet might support some type of life it would not look like a national park where humanoids go for hunting trips.
Other than that the episode was ok.
While a rogue planet might support some type of life it would not look like a national park where humanoids go for hunting trips.
Other than that the episode was ok.
Any effect that would cause the planet to be ripped away from orbit would have caused a loss of atmosphere and lots of geological instability. The geological instability could generate heat, but that was not demonstrated in the episode. It would also create a toxic atmosphere, but that was not shown. Plants? Give me a break.
While a rogue planet might support some type of life it would not look like a national park where humanoids go for hunting trips.
Other than that the episode was ok.
Not necessarily. All it really needs is something big enough to pass close enough to nudge it's orbit, and the trajectory would take of itself would it not? I mean it doesn't seem like it would even have to be that big of a nudge really.
As for the toxic atmosphere, well maybe for humans. So Archer and his crew wouldn't be able to visit. But at the same time there are area's of our own planet that are toxic to human life, yet life still exists. And in area's in complete and total darkness as well. It seems reasonable to assume that something like that on a planetary scale, while probably very alien to anything we know of, could exist.
Well, it was never established how long this planet had been wandering around. A nearly dead world with a poisonous atmosphere could have re-sprouted life in a few billion years (or perhaps considerably less), while internal heat slowly seeped out and kept conditions otherwise acceptable.
But it's only T'Pol's speculation that this wanderer is of "natural" origin. Terraforming is a likelier explanation, and might be commonplace enough that Vulcan scientists would be fooled into thinking this was a naturally occurring phenomenon (since clearly T'Pol has some a priori knowledge of such worlds when making her guess).
Timo Saloniemi
But it's only T'Pol's speculation that this wanderer is of "natural" origin. Terraforming is a likelier explanation, and might be commonplace enough that Vulcan scientists would be fooled into thinking this was a naturally occurring phenomenon (since clearly T'Pol has some a priori knowledge of such worlds when making her guess).
Timo Saloniemi
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