The Parking Lot Planet
Popular Physics
2024-01-11 v2 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
We give conditions for an exoplanetary system to function as an ideal amusement park/vacation resort (with its separate parking lot, of course); in case of massive human interplanetary colonization. Our considerations stem from the fact that an amusement park needs a parking lot of roughly the same surface area, thus the best option for its construction would be a system with at least 2 planets close to each other for easy tourist transportation. We also discuss the likelihood of finding such a system out there to cut down on construction costs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2203.16791,
title = {The Parking Lot Planet},
author = {Marcy Best and Fernanda Correa and Juan Ignacio Espinoza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.16791},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Acta Prima Aprilia