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| + | What is the possible area a Zamboni can do? How many would be needed to cover the whole surface? [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 02:56, 18 April 2026 (UTC) | ||
| + | :Europa has a surface area of about 3.061ร10^7 km^2. A zamboni seems to cover about a 1.2 m^2 area (about 0.6m by 2m) at any given time. So if you simply cover all of Europa in zambonis (only like 3 trillion) and then drive them all forward their own length at the same time without crashing them into each other. So probably less than 3 trillion would be my guess (Also probably more than 2). | ||
| + | :They probably do like 8L/h and cover about 8000 m^2/h. So if they had 30 litre tanks, you would need 1 billion zambonis (0.03 km^2 each), and they would take 4 hours. Or for 1 month : 5 million Zambonis, refueled 200 times each (30 billion litres propane total). For constant resurfacing, like a normal ice rink (~10 times a day), you would need 2 billion zambonis running constantly (90 terawatts). [[User:Sameldacamel34|Sameldacamel34]] ([[User talk:Sameldacamel34|talk]]) 08:41, 18 April 2026 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Is Randall confusing the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter and Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer here? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer wikipedia link] | ||
| + | Also this feels like it is probably a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17776 17776], what with all of its topics and the recent rise in interest in that work. [[User:SkiesShaper|SkiesShaper]] ([[User talk:SkiesShaper|talk]]) 03:47, 18 April 2026 (UTC) | ||
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What is the possible area a Zamboni can do? How many would be needed to cover the whole surface? SDSpivey (talk) 02:56, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Europa has a surface area of about 3.061ร10^7 km^2. A zamboni seems to cover about a 1.2 m^2 area (about 0.6m by 2m) at any given time. So if you simply cover all of Europa in zambonis (only like 3 trillion) and then drive them all forward their own length at the same time without crashing them into each other. So probably less than 3 trillion would be my guess (Also probably more than 2).
- They probably do like 8L/h and cover about 8000 m^2/h. So if they had 30 litre tanks, you would need 1 billion zambonis (0.03 km^2 each), and they would take 4 hours. Or for 1 month : 5 million Zambonis, refueled 200 times each (30 billion litres propane total). For constant resurfacing, like a normal ice rink (~10 times a day), you would need 2 billion zambonis running constantly (90 terawatts). Sameldacamel34 (talk) 08:41, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
Is Randall confusing the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter and Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer here? wikipedia link Also this feels like it is probably a reference to 17776, what with all of its topics and the recent rise in interest in that work. SkiesShaper (talk) 03:47, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
