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Calculate mass needed for Dyson sphere
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import math | |
def calculate_dyson_sphere_mass(): | |
# Constants | |
radius_au = 1.0 # Radius of Dyson sphere in AU | |
thickness = 3 # Thickness of the shell in meters | |
density = 5520.0 # Density of the shell material in kg/m^3 | |
solar_system_mass = 1.99e30 # Total mass of the solar system in kg, including the Sun. | |
solar_planet_mass = 2.846e27 # Mass of just planets in kg, by adding up masses of the planets | |
# Convert AU to meters | |
radius_m = radius_au * 149.6e9 | |
# Calculate the volume of the shell | |
volume_shell = (4/3) * math.pi * ((radius_m + thickness)**3 - radius_m**3) | |
# Calculate the mass of the shell | |
mass_shell = volume_shell * density | |
# Compare with the total mass of the solar system | |
if mass_shell > solar_system_mass: | |
print("There is not enough mass in the solar system to build the Dyson sphere.") | |
else: | |
print("There is enough mass in the solar system to build the Dyson sphere.") | |
if mass_shell > solar_planet_mass: | |
print("There is not enough planetary mass to build the Dyson sphere.") | |
else: | |
print("There is enough planetary mass to build the Dyson sphere.") | |
calculate_dyson_sphere_mass() |
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