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Description Another moon in the Vasunian Sunatta System.

Earth like planets and moons are probably not rare in the cosmos. Even if 1/500 solar systems in our galaxy have a habitable somewhat earth like world around them, that would mean that within 50 light years, it is likely that there would be at least a good 4 or 5 earth like worlds. There are about 2000 stars within 50 light years, 133 you can see with naked eye.

Check out phl.upr.edu/press-releases/aho… to see the current potential habitable worlds.

Contact me on deviantart or etang@cca.edu if you want to use commercially.

File Size is about 50 megapixels so you may need another browser besides Google Chrome to download.
Google Chrome does work for some, but not for me personally.


I used Nasa Visible Earth to greatly enhance my painting

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Comments: 146

Zodi [2017-06-03 07:52:22 +0000 UTC]

WoW!

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SleepingNymph [2017-04-12 22:38:30 +0000 UTC]

Simply AWESOME!

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Dmytr0 [2016-01-17 12:14:48 +0000 UTC]

Amazing !

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Rodlox [2015-06-22 03:55:08 +0000 UTC]

stunning

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KarinaLunaria In reply to Rodlox [2015-07-01 08:09:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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GabrielGajdos [2014-07-30 07:53:53 +0000 UTC]

oh nice! the amount of detail, realism and it has such a unique style... just amazing

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MikeShawIllustrator [2014-05-14 07:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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lonaker [2014-02-25 19:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Minor technical problem. Both planets have atmosphere which means they are rather close to Earth mass. The distance between them is much less than distance between Earth and Moon. Water tides alone would make system uninhabitable. But there would be also much worse tides, planets themselves would be deformed just during rotation around axis. There are very good reasons why they couldn't form with this mass at this distance. For same reasons pictures with 3-4 huge celestial bodies are unrealistic, systems like that simply can't exist.

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KarinaLunaria In reply to lonaker [2014-02-26 01:29:53 +0000 UTC]

By sized of hand to be more specific, sized of a clenched fist from 2-3 feet away.

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KarinaLunaria In reply to lonaker [2014-02-26 01:17:22 +0000 UTC]

Actually, the smaller one is less than the mass of Mars which is 12% Earth mass, the Makers are terraforming it while protecting it's atmosphere with an invisible "shield" in orbit above it's atmosphere so stellar winds don't erode it. And second of all, there was a time when the moon was much closer to the Earth, yet it was able to support some form of life. Primitive of course. Β If you were looking at the moon in this picture standing on the planet over there, this moon would appear about the size of your hand. That is not close enough for tidal forces to heat the planet up so much that it becomes too hot. Though you do not want to be near any large body of water like a large lake or ocean since you will drown in the tides.

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lonaker In reply to KarinaLunaria [2014-02-26 18:19:38 +0000 UTC]

Makers and invisible shield - well, I like magic too . From description it looks like it supposed to be able to exist by itself. Regarding "sized of a clenched fist". As far as I understand the idea of the picture is that this is something observable by naked eye, not a view from some very remote point via telescope. In this case from the surface of lower planet the upper one would be even closer than in the picture, it would basically dominate the sky. If you wanted to cover it with hand you would have to put them over your eyes. "Moon was closer to Earth" - well, Moon mass is ~1/80th of Earth Mass and it never was that close.

This is a very nice picture, I like it a lot. I thought that these ideas could be interesting for you to consider as you seem to like draw groups of planets. No offense intended.

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KarinaLunaria In reply to lonaker [2014-02-27 17:13:01 +0000 UTC]

woops, i meant "hypothetical life" around white dwarf. We haven't found any of them....

yet.

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KarinaLunaria In reply to lonaker [2014-02-27 17:11:17 +0000 UTC]

I would also like to add that it's not just the parent planet that is responsible for tidal flexing. IO for example experiences a molten phase because of the tug - of - war between the planet and it's moons which are largely responsible for IOsΒ volcanos. If you have just oneΒ body in the sky and it's orbit is not excessively eccentric, or in a tug of war with other moons, the "comfort zone' could exist closer than it would have with eccentric orbits.


I read about life around white dwarf stars, and planets could be stable as close in as an orbital period of just a few hours without being destroyed by volcanic activity. In addition, the larger the moon/planet, the more stable it would be against turning into other versions of OI. The moon and planet in the picture are fairly large.



Also TY for response


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KarinaLunaria In reply to lonaker [2014-02-27 17:01:57 +0000 UTC]

I would also like to add that it's not just the parent planet that is responsible for tidal flexing. IO for example experiences a molten phase because of the tug - of - war between the planet and it's moons which are largely responsible for IOs eccentric orbit. If you have just one body in the sky and it's orbit is not excessively eccentric, the "comfort zone' could exist closer than it would have with eccentric orbits.


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KarinaLunaria In reply to lonaker [2014-02-27 16:54:58 +0000 UTC]

It is theoretically possible to make things invisible so you won't need magic. Michio kaku made statements that he was wrong, it does not violate the laws of optics. In fact we make things invisible on a daily bases. It is also theoretically possible to make things so transparent you can hardly see it. There are reasons why they want a shield that is so transparent you can hardly see it. One thing we are not interested in creating ice ages.


To clarify, if the lower "planet" which is the moon were to be about Mercury's mass, that larger planet would be somewhere between Mars and Earth's. Mercury 1/4-1/3ds of Earth's radius. The upper planet is about 70% of Earth's radius. Β So if you were to stand on the lower planet, It would be about 2-3 clenched fists 3 feet away as radius.

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steampunkdragon101 [2014-01-07 07:55:58 +0000 UTC]

Just (tears up) beautiful

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Jaminjamin [2013-12-30 20:14:41 +0000 UTC]

Artist reproduction of all the things in the universe are a great Art ! Like you

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Tarturus [2013-12-15 23:01:20 +0000 UTC]

Great pic. ^^

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andreasAMX7 [2013-05-06 11:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!! It's looks epic but still realistic the same time.

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bloknayrb [2013-03-24 14:57:30 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic, great work!

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Diwall [2013-03-22 13:19:08 +0000 UTC]

Breathtaking ... Your art is awesome !

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sunshine-apple [2013-03-22 06:17:56 +0000 UTC]

stunning :0

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Sagittarius-A-star [2013-03-22 03:28:16 +0000 UTC]

Incredible space art, man, I love this stuff. Did you actually paint this? The texture on that moon is amazingly intricate.

I've always hoped that quasi-Earthlike planets are even more common than that, so that STL starships and probes could reach them more easily- at 10% C, we could reach Alpha C in 50 yrs. but it would take 250 yrs. to reach a planet located 25 lyrs. away. Wouldn't matter so much if superluminal spaceships were possible, though, like EE "Doc" Smith's old Triplanetary and Lensman stories where solar systems are assumed to be incredibly rare per planet formation theories of the time, so a faster-than-light starship can cross the galaxy before locating a single one. Somehow, I suspect it would be even more frustrating to have access to the galaxy and find hardly any planets to visit than it is to know that Earthlike planets are probably not rare at all, but that it is just hard to reach them. With access to the entire galaxy, 1/500 solar systems having inhabitable planets would make them seem as common as dirt. XD

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KarinaLunaria In reply to Sagittarius-A-star [2013-03-22 14:35:47 +0000 UTC]

exactly my thoughts

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Brightsatan [2013-03-21 19:37:26 +0000 UTC]

all right so i had a dream that took place on the moon and this was one of the things in it while i was standing on a pedestal talking to the king of moons anyway.... this was the thing in my day that made me flip shit so hard i had to wait a full day to tell you :3

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Tico-Illustrations [2013-03-21 11:41:44 +0000 UTC]

Pictures like these just make my heart burst! It fills me with A sense of longing, like I want to go there and see it for myself.

Awesome job!

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tophxomi [2013-03-21 08:44:41 +0000 UTC]

beautiful!

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VickyInu [2013-03-21 06:15:56 +0000 UTC]

so beautiful <3

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acg3fly [2013-03-21 05:43:57 +0000 UTC]

looks fantastic

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Shadow-Walker-22 [2013-03-21 04:38:33 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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Shadowkey392 [2013-03-21 04:21:00 +0000 UTC]

Amazing. incredible. Amazingly incedible. Incredibly amazing. Amazible.

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adrienne-paynter [2013-03-21 04:20:52 +0000 UTC]

Unbelievable detail and so realistic! Breathtaking

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Eliphasthedark [2013-03-21 02:11:08 +0000 UTC]

woah, this is breath-taking

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devine-consciousness [2013-03-21 01:52:59 +0000 UTC]

this is real? ... and just beacause we inhabit our earth in a certain way using carbon for life it doesn't mean another being can't be with conditions different to ours. Not saying that you were saying that but life is probably everywhere where there is light.
I don't think of life as physical at all times though i am talking about eternal spirit.

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Scrat-Riker [2013-03-21 01:41:58 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic

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NotCras [2013-03-21 01:25:50 +0000 UTC]

Can I use this as my new wallpaper please? This is incredible!!

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Trinitite [2013-03-21 00:25:06 +0000 UTC]

the detail is just stunning!

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llille [2013-03-20 22:46:25 +0000 UTC]

I like it
Warm hues really make it look hospitable, even with barren craters in the foreground.
And the amount of details is amazing, it must have taken forever and the result is absolutely worth it

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KarinaLunaria In reply to llille [2013-03-20 23:52:22 +0000 UTC]

It took about 30-40 hours

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llille In reply to KarinaLunaria [2013-03-21 00:30:30 +0000 UTC]

That's actually less than I'd thought
Good job

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PuertoRicanBelle [2013-03-20 20:56:02 +0000 UTC]

That is one incredible picture! I love it! Adding to favs!

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CaptainKiwi101 [2013-03-20 20:55:56 +0000 UTC]

I really like this!

Well, they actually found water on Mars, and are checking it out to see if we can live on there~

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JAAANKAI [2013-03-20 20:48:27 +0000 UTC]

yeah ...no second home for human souls..

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ryanisnasty [2013-03-20 20:37:43 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on the well deserved DD!

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overseer [2013-03-20 20:05:47 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work. Truly stunning and I can absolutely believe the numbers. It makes sense. Well deserved DD.

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kaburninator [2013-03-20 19:38:05 +0000 UTC]

this for real?

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Alexander-Brandt In reply to kaburninator [2013-03-20 20:04:08 +0000 UTC]

The picture isn't, but the rationale is. If we had images of Earth-like planets like these, I guarantee we'd already be on our way there.

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kaburninator In reply to Alexander-Brandt [2013-03-20 20:44:05 +0000 UTC]

any luck?

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KarinaLunaria In reply to kaburninator [2013-03-20 21:01:06 +0000 UTC]

We have some candidates, but we do not have enough information that is 100% yet. Still learning about them.

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kaburninator In reply to KarinaLunaria [2013-03-21 01:55:56 +0000 UTC]

what are the candidates?

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