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"The VITAL Question™©® No. 9"

If the earth was any bigger or smaller, would the sky be a different colour?
Angles or refraction and all that.

AfroJoe wrote:
> The title of this topic reminds me of Robin's forum name.


Thankyou :P

This isn't vital in any way shape or form. It is about as vital as channel 5 is to the existance of slugs.

The title of this topic reminds me of Robin's forum name.

But Ozone is blue.

No - it's to do with the density of the atmosphere, isn't it? Not the curvature of the earth.

So - if the atmosphere didn't exist the light wouldn't get refracted at all and the sky wold be white.
Yeah.
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Maybe.

Ugh

Think about it - if the earth were massively bigger, then the angle of the curve would be less so the light would get refracted to a lesser extent.

Say the one planet is a pea and another planet is a beach ball, the angle on the pea planet is alot tighter so the light will get refracted more, so I think the sky would be more of a purple.

gravity would be different. I've always been a fan of the whole astro-physics thing. Should have done it at uni, although I suspect I'd have hung myself due to stress. :D

ßora† SagdiyeV wrote:
> How would our physical bodies differ on a smaller planet?

gravity might be different, which I'm reasonably sure effects height, structure, and some internal organs, as well as mundane stuff like evolution.

No. It. Wouldn't.

How would our physical bodies differ on a smaller planet?