If you are getting sick and tired of Earth, you may not have to wait much longer for a trip off the planet. One recent study published by Finnish astronomer Pekka Janhunen states that it would be possible to fix a floating megacity on Ceres, a deep planet that will orbit in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Not only has Janhunen outlined his plan on how to build megacity, but he suggests it could begin to take shape in the next decade and a half.
According to the journal entry (via Post New York), Ceres was chosen because of its similar gravitational properties, even though it lives about 325 miles from Earth. As for a layman, NASA installed the space probe Dawn there in 2007, and did not arrive until 2015.
“We choose Ceres as the source group because type C asteroids are more likely to have enough nitrogen,” Janhunen wrote. “Nitrogen is an essential element because it is needed for the settling atmospheres. We use aa disk geometry for the megasatellite because its symmetry eliminates tidal torque so that wheels are not needed. react to maintain a view Habitats are illuminated by natural sunlight Sunlight is collected on the disk with two planar mirrors inclined at a 45 degree angle and sharply focused. you want with a parabolic mirror. “
His plan for the megacity includes an area built of thousands of cylindrical structures, each hosting more than 50,000 people. These structures would then slowly turn and create artificial gravity on the surface of the satellite.
Using “space elevators” built into the environment, people living in the metal megacity found inside Ceres would be able to build more structures.
“The convenience value of the megasatellite becomes apparent if we compare it with traditional surface settlements. It would be technically possible to colonize the surface of Ceres with centrifuge habitats,” the astrophysicist said. “However, then the magnetic cliffs had to carry the weight of the megasatellite. The weight is 34 times less than on Earth but many orders of magnitude larger than in the microgravity conditions of the megasatellite.”
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