Yep. It's got two moons, as far as I can tell. If you go into the map files and look at the file named "loading-shakuras.dds" the image shows Shakuras in the foreground and what seems to be two moons behind it, and then a bright white sun to the left peripheral.
I've kinda become a Nerazim lore and gameplay expert because I actually did some research when designing the race of WWBitT. I'm a lore junkie in general, but I don't know if others are because some SC2 users really hate those kind of people.
Welp, shouldn't have asked a lore question if you care about spoilers. :P
Good point. XD
Though, it's more like "WHY?! I love that planet so much!" ;_; Then again, the sacrifice of the planet for the universe gives Shakuras an even more noble name.
Now there's an interesting question! Absent the planet's gravity, what DOES happen to those moons? Are either of them massive enough to pull the other into orbit?
To answer your question, no, a self-correcting orbit is virtually impossible once the central object is absent. In this case, that "object" would be Shakuras. This whole scenario is similar to that of Mars. If Mars disappeared, then Phobos and Deimos will probably cease to exist. We really only see binary orbits between celestial bodies in terms of stars, who can naturally appear as binary orbits provided the nebula they form from contains enough hydrogen and nuclear energy to form two fully-fledged stars, but I digress.
Scientifically speaking the momentum of these objects would not change and the gravitational force pulling them would have to be determined based on the Universal Gravitational Constant and its formula which are out of the question given the mass of these objects and the context of the situation.
If Shakuras completely blew up then depending on the moons' orbit speed, it's very likely they would simply scatter and be sent out of orbit without a gravity well at the center. Think of it like this: if a tiny planet, even something like Mercury or Pluto, hit Earth, the Moon would either be struck by residual debris or be thrown out of the Solar System by its own orbital speed. Earth, on the other hand, would have launched in a vector determined by the angle of collision with the two celestial bodies and their speeds, which if we assume to be their revolution speed, would cause Earth to leave the Goldilocks zone of the Sun and prevent life from ever appearing on it again.
Another example: the Sun holds all bodies within our solar system in restricted orbit around itself due to its gravitational field and large radius. Consider this: the orbits of celestial bodies are roughly circular. If the Sun suddenly disappeared, there would be no vector of gravitational force pointing towards the center of the circle, which we assume to be the Sun. A lack of this centripetal force will cause the planets and otherworldly objects to continue moving in the same direction they were right when the Sun disappeared.
In short: a lack of centripetal force would cause the moons of Shakuras to slingshot each other out of their natural orbits and possibly out of the star system they belong in provided there wasn't a planet like Jupiter, a planet famous for capturing floating masses of material as moons.
To answer your question, no, a self-correcting orbit is virtually impossible once the central object is absent. In this case, that "object" would be Shakuras. This whole scenario is similar to that of Mars. If Mars disappeared, then Phobos and Deimos will probably cease to exist. We really only see binary orbits between celestial bodies in terms of stars, who can naturally appear as binary orbits provided the nebula they form from contains enough hydrogen and nuclear energy to form two fully-fledged stars, but I digress.
Scientifically speaking the momentum of these objects would not change and the gravitational force pulling them would have to be determined based on the Universal Gravitational Constant and its formula which are out of the question given the mass of these objects and the context of the situation.
If Shakuras completely blew up then depending on the moons' orbit speed, it's very likely they would simply scatter and be sent out of orbit without a gravity well at the center. Think of it like this: if a tiny planet, even something like Mercury or Pluto, hit Earth, the Moon would either be struck by residual debris or be thrown out of the Solar System by its own orbital speed. Earth, on the other hand, would have launched in a vector determined by the angle of collision with the two celestial bodies and their speeds, which if we assume to be their revolution speed, would cause Earth to leave the Goldilocks zone of the Sun and prevent life from ever appearing on it again.
Another example: the Sun holds all bodies within our solar system in restricted orbit around itself due to its gravitational field and large radius. Consider this: the orbits of celestial bodies are roughly circular. If the Sun suddenly disappeared, there would be no vector of gravitational force pointing towards the center of the circle, which we assume to be the Sun. A lack of this centripetal force will cause the planets and otherworldly objects to continue moving in the same direction they were right when the Sun disappeared.
In short: a lack of centripetal force would cause the moons of Shakuras to slingshot each other out of their natural orbits and possibly out of the star system they belong in provided there wasn't a planet like Jupiter, a planet famous for capturing floating masses of material as moons.
Haha I was just willing to get my hands dirty with the science behind it because the writing of SC2 doesn't make sense logically or scientifically. It's just for fun.
That whole essay was a bad reminder of my struggles to eventually get an A in AP physics. Well at least I remembered something
To answer your question, no, a self-correcting orbit is virtually impossible once the central object is absent. In this case, that "object" would be Shakuras. This whole scenario is similar to that of Mars. If Mars disappeared, then Phobos and Deimos will probably cease to exist. We really only see binary orbits between celestial bodies in terms of stars, who can naturally appear as binary orbits provided the nebula they form from contains enough hydrogen and nuclear energy to form two fully-fledged stars, but I digress.
Scientifically speaking the momentum of these objects would not change and the gravitational force pulling them would have to be determined based on the Universal Gravitational Constant and its formula which are out of the question given the mass of these objects and the context of the situation.
If Shakuras completely blew up then depending on the moons' orbit speed, it's very likely they would simply scatter and be sent out of orbit without a gravity well at the center. Think of it like this: if a tiny planet, even something like Mercury or Pluto, hit Earth, the Moon would either be struck by residual debris or be thrown out of the Solar System by its own orbital speed. Earth, on the other hand, would have launched in a vector determined by the angle of collision with the two celestial bodies and their speeds, which if we assume to be their revolution speed, would cause Earth to leave the Goldilocks zone of the Sun and prevent life from ever appearing on it again.
Another example: the Sun holds all bodies within our solar system in restricted orbit around itself due to its gravitational field and large radius. Consider this: the orbits of celestial bodies are roughly circular. If the Sun suddenly disappeared, there would be no vector of gravitational force pointing towards the center of the circle, which we assume to be the Sun. A lack of this centripetal force will cause the planets and otherworldly objects to continue moving in the same direction they were right when the Sun disappeared.
In short: a lack of centripetal force would cause the moons of Shakuras to slingshot each other out of their natural orbits and possibly out of the star system they belong in provided there wasn't a planet like Jupiter, a planet famous for capturing floating masses of material as moons.
AKA: The orbiting moons become asteroids/comets depending on their composition.
Well if they don't have atmospheres they become asteroids. Otherwise, they're considered "rogue planets" or "rogue moons" because if they aren't orbiting the star that Shakuras was orbiting or they don't get pulled in by another planet, they become planets themselves (or at least dwarf planets)
No lore forum? Do'h.
Anyway, does Shakuras have any moons?
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Yep. It's got two moons, as far as I can tell. If you go into the map files and look at the file named "loading-shakuras.dds" the image shows Shakuras in the foreground and what seems to be two moons behind it, and then a bright white sun to the left peripheral.
I've kinda become a Nerazim lore and gameplay expert because I actually did some research when designing the race of WWBitT. I'm a lore junkie in general, but I don't know if others are because some SC2 users really hate those kind of people.
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The name of one of them is Rajal. http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Rajal
They're probably just floating in space aimlessly now that the planet blew up.
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Yep. How sad...
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Wait, Shakuras blew up?!
Um... I haven't even played the HoTS campaign yet and I don't own LotV. O.O;
But I LOVED that planet. *sobs*
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It blew up in LotV.
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Those damn dirty apes!
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XD
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Welp, shouldn't have asked a lore question if you care about spoilers. :P
Good point. XD
Though, it's more like "WHY?! I love that planet so much!" ;_; Then again, the sacrifice of the planet for the universe gives Shakuras an even more noble name.
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Now there's an interesting question! Absent the planet's gravity, what DOES happen to those moons? Are either of them massive enough to pull the other into orbit?
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To answer your question, no, a self-correcting orbit is virtually impossible once the central object is absent. In this case, that "object" would be Shakuras. This whole scenario is similar to that of Mars. If Mars disappeared, then Phobos and Deimos will probably cease to exist. We really only see binary orbits between celestial bodies in terms of stars, who can naturally appear as binary orbits provided the nebula they form from contains enough hydrogen and nuclear energy to form two fully-fledged stars, but I digress.
Scientifically speaking the momentum of these objects would not change and the gravitational force pulling them would have to be determined based on the Universal Gravitational Constant and its formula which are out of the question given the mass of these objects and the context of the situation.
If Shakuras completely blew up then depending on the moons' orbit speed, it's very likely they would simply scatter and be sent out of orbit without a gravity well at the center. Think of it like this: if a tiny planet, even something like Mercury or Pluto, hit Earth, the Moon would either be struck by residual debris or be thrown out of the Solar System by its own orbital speed. Earth, on the other hand, would have launched in a vector determined by the angle of collision with the two celestial bodies and their speeds, which if we assume to be their revolution speed, would cause Earth to leave the Goldilocks zone of the Sun and prevent life from ever appearing on it again.
Another example: the Sun holds all bodies within our solar system in restricted orbit around itself due to its gravitational field and large radius. Consider this: the orbits of celestial bodies are roughly circular. If the Sun suddenly disappeared, there would be no vector of gravitational force pointing towards the center of the circle, which we assume to be the Sun. A lack of this centripetal force will cause the planets and otherworldly objects to continue moving in the same direction they were right when the Sun disappeared.
In short: a lack of centripetal force would cause the moons of Shakuras to slingshot each other out of their natural orbits and possibly out of the star system they belong in provided there wasn't a planet like Jupiter, a planet famous for capturing floating masses of material as moons.
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The more you know! :)
Nice. +1
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Haha I was just willing to get my hands dirty with the science behind it because the writing of SC2 doesn't make sense logically or scientifically. It's just for fun.
That whole essay was a bad reminder of my struggles to eventually get an A in AP physics. Well at least I remembered something
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So you're telling me that Shakuras's moons are lost, spinning through the cosmos? I do believe I'll file that one away. Really appreciate the answer!
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Yep, that's what I'm saying. Your welcome :P
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AKA: The orbiting moons become asteroids/comets depending on their composition.
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Well if they don't have atmospheres they become asteroids. Otherwise, they're considered "rogue planets" or "rogue moons" because if they aren't orbiting the star that Shakuras was orbiting or they don't get pulled in by another planet, they become planets themselves (or at least dwarf planets)
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Where is Larry Niven when you need him!!??