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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malanath" data-source="post: 2341784" data-attributes="member: 25538">I need a bit of help from the more scientifically (and mathematically) inclined.  In a Fictional World that is roughly 25% larger than Earth what would gravity be like?  How would it effect the height of creatures living there?  I remember reading (or watching something) about the effects of Gravity on Humanity in different climates.  For example, in a world with less gravity than Earth Humans would tend to be taller, and in a world with more gravity than Earth they'd be shorter.  Of course, there are some places where gravity would basically crush you into non-existence from the pressure and other places where if you'd jump you'd be thrown into Orbit around the planet (if not enough gravity).Alright, the Fictional World is 25% larger than Earth.  That means it has more gravity.  Now let us say it has a moon slightly larger than our own in proportion to the size of the fictional planet (roughly 35% larger than our own moon).  This means waves and volcanoes would be rather active from the gravitational force exerted by the Moon.  Let us now say that there are Super Volcano's on this planet and one of them erupts with roughly 3 times MORE force than Toba did on Earth 75,000 years ago...  This would, naturally, cause death on a massive scale and be an Apocalyptic Event.  The planet would be thrown into a Volcanic Winter for a period of time.  Vegetation would die... Anything even REMOTELY near the site of the explosion would be just completely gone.  There would be nothing left of the site but a massive crater so large it'd be clearly visible from space (maybe even the moon?).  I would think that such an explosion with so much force would cause the planet's axis to tilt AWAY from where the explosion happened.  Would such a dramatic tilt cause the planet to be thrown out of orbit (sending it hurling into space, toward it's own moon, or into the sun?)  Also would it be possible for the explosion to be so massive that it actually hurls dust and ash into space which would form ring-like bands around the planet?What would happen to such a world, and what would be the likelihood of civilizations surviving (non-technically advanced with very little to no magical or godly aid), assuming that they existed on a continent roughly the size of South America?  If the fictional world was lucky and had a few thousand humans surviving, roughly how long would it take for them to replenish the population (to about 100 million humans) taking into account the Volcanic Imposed Ice Age?</blockquote>

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