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Okay, I did it. Lego Planet is 20 (edit: actually 5) times less massive than earth. Let's presume Lego Planet has the same density as Earth, so that the math i
by mabbo 6y ago
Okay, I did it. Lego Planet is 20 (edit: actually 5) times less massive than earth.
Let's presume Lego Planet has the same density as Earth, so that the math is easy and I can make fewer assumptions. If we assume a planet with the same density, then our radius is just a function of the mass. Then all we need to do is pick a mass that lets us reach escape velocity- I presume a Deep Space Rocket wants to fully escape the planet, after all.
V_escape = ((2 * G * M) / R)^(1/2). G is constant, M for earth is 5.97E24 kg, R is 6.38E6 m.
Doing some math, if Lego Planet has a mass of 3E23 kg (20 times smaller than earth), then the radius is 2.35E6 m (a little bit bigger than 1/3 Earth's radius), and the escape velocity is 4120 m/s. The author calculated this rocket would have 4246 m/s of delta-V, so that leaves this rocket 125 m/s of Delta-V to maneuver where it needs to go.
Edit later: Okay, people have suggested Lego Planet is made of Lego (sensible). So let's fix these numbers.
According to this[0] Lego bricks with optimal packing have a density 0.64 g/cm^3, which is 640 kg/m^3 - FAR less dense than Earth, which will have consequences. If we then guessed that Lego Planet's mass is 1.25E+24 kg, 1/5th of Earth's mass, the the escape velocity is 4213.2 m/s which is close to this Rocket's delta-V.
This also means that Lego Planet is 47% larger than Earth, by radius, and has more than double the surface area (which is based on radius squared). No wonder there's so many different Lego sets!
[0]https://www.brickodyssey.com/what-is-the-density-of-lego/ https://www.brickodyssey.com/what-is-the-density-of-lego/
- codeulike 6y agoLego Planet is made up of how many 2x4 bricks? (assuming they dont compress)
- mabbo 6y agotldr: A little bit more than 400 million billion billion standard 2x4 bricks, roughly. Given my calculated radius of 9.39E6 m (47% larger than earth), the volume of Lego Planet is 1.95313E21 m^3. Brickepdia[0] (of course that's a thing) shows that a standard 1x1 block of standard height is 8 mm x 8 mm x 9.6 mm, or 6.14E-7 m^3. A 2x4 brick would be 8 times that, or 4.92E-06. Simple division then gives us that Lego Planet is made of 3.97E26 standard 2x4 bricks. [0]https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Brick#Sizes https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Brick#Sizes
- kroltan 6y agoThe Lego planet does not necessarily need to be smaller than earth. Remember, it's made of Lego bricks which are not 100% solid, they have pockets of air inside them when connected to other bricks. You need to take into account the mass ratio of a Lego brick to be able to correctly correspond the mass to a radius.
- simonh 6y agoNice! I’m happy for LEGO planet to be Earth sized, which means the rocket has plenty of dV to visit deep space objects or land on a LEGO moon.