NEWS: Design the Planet Contest - Winners Announced!

[Leviathan]

congrats terrabyte, you did really great work.

[MGA]

What a shame I can't read German. Although this new planet looks like a hostile Saturn. Sweet. Terrabyte's planet derserves the win easily. There is no way I could do something that good.

[terrabyte]

congrats terrabyte, you did really great work.

Wow.. your planet is cool.. just running it through the google translator, but I'm sure google is not doing the translation much justice, but the planet pic is excellent, well done, nice job there

[sharp78]

heres a quick translation of what leviathon wrote about his planet:

(might be some errors)

sun type :red giant
average distnace from sun: 70595057,6 km
orbit time (around sun) : 101,38 earth days.
rotation time around its aixs : 1,26 earth days
equator length(circumference) :16893
Angle of roational axis: 12,57 °
average ground temperature : 1097 °C

The planets sun is in its final cycle (last life stage) of life, and so has become a red giant.As the water resources facing the sun have gone, it (sun or planet?) has become more swollen so far that the systems two most inwards planets have been swallowed up. Thereby the planet has become the closest to the sun. In doing so, the temepreature has risen to such an extenet, that all the water has evaporated and...?... (whatever was under the ground has become exposed.....dicht?) - largely consisting of alluminium, cadmium, tin,lead, zinc, but also comparitevly large quantities, of gold and silver, have fused.

It is now coated with rivers, seas, and beaches made from tyhis metal mixture. Salt, from the rocks under the metal mixture, has mixed with it,
keepimg the temperature down, meaning the metal remains a fluid. The enormous heat during the day causes the volcano rocks (that are actually black), which the planets ground level mainly consist of, glow red. (During the day the black volcanoe rocks, which cover most of the ground, glow red.)
this white-red brilliance of the flowing metals lights up the night side. Viewing the planet from orbit, the metal acts as a giant mirror, that blurrily reflects all around.

The relief (of the land) consist of harsh mountain ranges, deep chasms, and a multitude of impact craters caused by meteors from the planets identifieable asteroid belt.The flat lower lying levels are mostly full with flowing metals.The mightiest mountains (lol excellent alliteration) are up to 14km tall, the metal oceans could be/are 1 km deep.There is only one large landmass, that has four unconnected oceans.
Approximately a fift on the open ground is covered with metal.
In the course of the temperature ascension the planets outer crust became thinner, thereby causing a massive increase in volcainc activity.
Dark, red glowing ash clowds rose from the ground chasms and the volcano-cones(chimneys).Newer volcanoe openings are built, then after a short time dissapear again. Nonetheless lavaflows are seldom found, the strong atmospheric pressure, about 90 times higher on the ground, lava escaping (from the ground) doesn't flow
(basically the atmostpheric pressure is really high so the lava doesn't flow)............. tbc

sorry its a bit dodgy in places, but you get the gist, that took a bit of time, and i've gotta eat some food now, i'm sure someone who is better can correct it / write the whole trnaslation out striaght off, so maybe its better for them to do so... ( i can finish it if you wish, and may do a bit later)

later


thanks


~sharp

[Stealth]

FreeTranslation spoke, with a bit of touch-up.

Type of the sun: red giant
mediator distance of the sun: 70595057,6 km
circulation times: 101.38 earth day
rotation time around the characteristic axis: 1.26 earth days equator diameter: 16893 km
inclination of the rotational axis: 12.57 °
average surfaces temperature: 1097 °C

The sun of planet was found in its last life phase, as it became a red giant. When the hydrogen supply of the star was used up, it swelled himself so much that the internalmost two planets of the system were swallowed. The planet became like the sun neighbors. At the same time its temperature increased so much that all water is evaporated and melted the thick metal occurrence lying under the surface – mainly aluminium, cadmium, tin, lead and zinc, but also comparatively large quantities at gold and silver. It is covered now with rivers, lakes and seas of fluid metal mixtures. (Would salt, mixed have itself that out of the rock under the metal enamels, hold this also in lower temperatures permanently flooded.) The enormous heat on the day side has a reddish glow, actually black volcano rock out of which the planet surface is mainly composed of. The weakly white-red lamps of fluid metal illuminate the night side. If one observes planet from the orbit, the metal acts as a powerful mirror that reflects light and fuzzies the surrounding terrain.

The relief is marked through mountain ranges, deep columns and a multitude of impact craters from meteorites out of the planet's asteroid field.. The flat, deep plains are usually filled with fluid metal. Up to 14 km, the most powerful massifs raise, and can be deep even under sea level, as metal oceans are at many places deeper than 1 km. There is only a single gigantic land mass that keeps four oceans divided from one another.

Approximately one-fifth of the surface is covered with metal. In the course of the temperature climb of planet, its external crust became thinner, which means the volcanic activity strongly increased. Dark, red-glowing ash clouds climb out of earth columns and volcano chimneys. New volcano openings form only in order to disappear after a short time. Lava currents are, nevertheless, found only rarely, as there's a strong atmospheric pressure, that approx. 90x than on the earth, which prevents the emerging of the, usually not viscous, lava out of the planet's interior. Before a lava current can form itself, the fluid rock hardens again and seals the retiring opening.

The thick atmosphere consists, to a large degree, of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and has an orange color with a reddish shimmer. It is filled with with noxious gases, glowing dust, volcano ash and metal fumes. Yellowish sulphuric acid and ammonia clouds pull over the sky, fed from the volcanic gases. These clouds are the single place on planet where traces of water are to be found. Extensive dust storms often whip with wind speeds by partially over 600 km/h over the surface.

Back in the origin phase, the moon of planet shattered apart and formed a ring-shaped asteroid field as well as a ring fine dust and small rock chunks. Some of the asteroids reach a length of up to 200 km. The field is the source a permanent meteorite shower on the planet. The ring is tended around 20.07° vis-à-vis the rotational axis of planet and has a slow characteristic rotation.

[Nithral]

Yeah, Way to go guys. I'm jealous as heck....

Look forward to seeing your creations in game..



Wonder if anyone else's will happen turn up in it.........

[KarlHemmings]

Congrats to both of you - nice work.
Far better then anything I could do - which is my excuse for not entering.
Karl

[antman112]

congrats Terrabyte and Leviathan iv read terrabytes and it is well deverd of it
agen well done

[Lutzie]

Congratulations lads!

[BDStyle]

Nice one lads, can't wait to exploit them and there surrounding area

[Norse Player]

A long overdue congrats to both. And you were worthy winners.

Norse Player