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May 15, 2022 at 0:13 comment added uhoh just asked in Earth Science SE: Do scientists ever make rock vapor in a laboratory? If so, is it ever used to study planetary formation?
Jan 30, 2019 at 0:10 comment added uhoh If the synestia somehow cooled into a solid torus: How would the rotational and orbital mechanics differ on a torus-shaped planet as compared to a spherical planet? (associated meta question)
Dec 5, 2018 at 8:43 vote accept uhoh
Nov 6, 2018 at 11:25 history edited userLTK CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nov 6, 2018 at 11:24 comment added userLTK @PM2Ring I meant SiO2 - typo. Thanks for catching that.
Nov 6, 2018 at 7:00 comment added uhoh I think Figure 18 in arxiv.org/abs/1802.10223 is really helpful to begin to envision the nature and scale of the proposed synestia.
Nov 6, 2018 at 6:50 comment added uhoh I'm really enjoying this answer, thank you! I'm also happy to see others express how interesting this problem really is. Matter in a range of conditions that are complex, transient, and unusual, with no handy analogs on Earth.
Nov 6, 2018 at 6:06 history answered userLTK CC BY-SA 4.0