Mesklin scaled one in 500 million

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<p>Originally published here: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3931719">Mesklin scaled one in 500 million by tato_713 - Thingiverse</a></p><p>The whirling world. This is the scaled model of the planet where it takes place <i>Mission of Gravity</i> by Hal Clement, a hard science fiction short novel. Hard sci-fi is a branch in science fiction, which not only takes special care in scientific accuracy, but also the plot is centered in a scientific concept. In this case, the story is about a planet in the 61 Cygni system visited by humans in the future. The planet spins too fast that polar flattening is extreme, the polar radius is less than a half the equatorial radius. Mesklin is a massive ice planet, with a solid ice surface, an hydrogen atmosphere, and a methane pluvial system. The gravity acceleration in the equatorial latitudes is 3 G, three times the surface gravity of <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3612782">Earth</a>; while in the poles is near 700 G. The planet has a ring system and at least one moon (the presence of other moons is implicit). The inner moon, called "Toorey", where humans have a base, is a massive moon, but it's never explicit any clue of its size. Mesklin resides in a real star system, 61 Cygni, 11.4 light year away, composed of two K-type stars 61 Cygni A and B, that at the time the novel was written it was suspected that a massive planet was orbiting the main star of the system, idea that was later discarded.</p><p>The file's names explained: <i>name_1_x_10_y.stl</i> is 1 : x* 10^y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.&nbsp;</p><p><br>I spend part of my time making these models, letting them available and free for everyone. If you want to support my work, you can contribute with me by <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=Vs2In7MOO1j3F3ADS858-hZWS3wOL6ebfWXIdzdoOOEZ1cUxa2oRlM9H9kgUT_dfml4aLaLfL32ZgvTv">donating to this PayPal account</a>.</p><h3><strong>Other astronomical objects</strong></h3><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49826">Inner Solar System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49832">Artificial</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49820">Near Earth Asteroids</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49291">Main Belt Asteroids</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49829">Jovian System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49828">Saturn System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49830">Uranian System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49345">Neptunian System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49827">Centaurs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49833">Comets</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49341">Trans Neptunian Objects</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49824">Extrasolar Objects</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49837">Sky Maps</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49831">Ancient</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49822">Speculative</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49821">Science Fiction</a></p>