I am writing an interesting theoretical short. Its pretty weird. Im trying to describe the night and day process, but its hard to imagine. i am not skilled in orbits and those things... so i sought help. If you have an idea please let me know.
There is a planet that is about the same distance from its star as Earth. It takes twice as long to spin on its axis and twice as long to rotate around its star. Instead of a moon, the weird planet has a couple of asteroids (10-15) that move considerably fast. each one locked in its own study orbital zone and pattern.
now... thats the easy part. the weird part is.
there is a gas giant 5 times the size of the planet. but located just so far beyond the asteroid belt to be seen. its atmospheric hue is purple and blue.
what would the days and nights look like?
There is a planet that is about the same distance from its star as Earth. It takes twice as long to spin on its axis and twice as long to rotate around its star. Instead of a moon, the weird planet has a couple of asteroids (10-15) that move considerably fast. each one locked in its own study orbital zone and pattern.
now... thats the easy part. the weird part is.
there is a gas giant 5 times the size of the planet. but located just so far beyond the asteroid belt to be seen. its atmospheric hue is purple and blue.
what would the days and nights look like?
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I'm not 100% sure it may depend on the mass of the star - but from Kepler's Laws if a planet is the same distance from the sun as earth it will have the same orbital period. If the mass of the star is much different, the insolation will be different so the climate would be seriously different from earth. Unless it's a red dwarf with redder sunlight. I'm not really sure without looking stuff up.
If a planet is only 5x the size of earth, it can't be a gas giant.
If by asteroid belt you mean the two asteroids in orbit around your planet, then your planet will be in orbit around the other planet (or around a common barycenter near the other planet)
If you mean an asteroid belt like the one in this solar system, like Jupiter is, it will be too distant to see what colour it is.
Having 2 moons in some locked or resonant orbit is I think at least possible.
If a planet is only 5x the size of earth, it can't be a gas giant.
If by asteroid belt you mean the two asteroids in orbit around your planet, then your planet will be in orbit around the other planet (or around a common barycenter near the other planet)
If you mean an asteroid belt like the one in this solar system, like Jupiter is, it will be too distant to see what colour it is.
Having 2 moons in some locked or resonant orbit is I think at least possible.
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Yes, just like adaviel did recognize that the technicalities are possible in some respects, but not in every respect. Orbits, rotation (angular momentum), mass and density, pre-determine distance, and right, the other planet could not be a gas giant, and yes, you might have ten to fifteen moons. If the medium of explication (a film?) is theoretical, you can sort of engineer your own sky.