Planet building website

[pshrynk]

I just ran across this really cool website called planetplanet.net. I have no idea how to imbed this, but it has lots of the most current science of planetology. It also has a game where you build a solar system. I haven't tried it, yet since I'm at work, but it looks fascinating. I searched the forums for it but didn't come across it here, so please forgive if this is old hat news to everyone.

 

[pshrynk]

Turns out the game is more of an orbital mechanics type thing. Sort of fun but not much gaming use.

 

[G. Kashkanun Anderson]

Nope, I've never seen this page before, but it's nice! It's rare -- and a little weird -- to see something so breezy and informative on an astronomy/planetology website.

He has a particularly interesting article up there on what a habitable world around a brown dwarf might be like. And a nice, long discussion on binary star dynamics and planetary system stability.