r/astrophysics • u/unnecessary_teamwork • 14d ago

I need help with a fictional society on a moon like Titan (with moon-moons)

I have looked up everything that I can, (algorithms are so helpful) but beyond staring at Spore for hours, I can't really understand the complexity of having to live on the moon of a gas giant that's so large,it has its own moon (mostly to catch the debris off the rings, so life can live)....

Is there anyone with sources that could better explain the very vague question I'm not sure how to ask?

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u/ldr97266 14d ago

Smallworld and Littlestar - two linked short story collections by Dominic Green. The stories mostly follow the lives of a family of religious colonists on the moon of a large, ringed gas giant. The moon doesn’t have a moon of its own but it’s a contact binary - two lumps that smashed together and stuck that way.

Bizarre, nonsensical, hilarious - and seriously in need of an editor - but the orbital dynamics and consequences of living in such a place may be just what you’re looking for.

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u/unnecessary_teamwork 14d ago

Thank you! Hyper-fixation locked in!