![Real-life sci-fi world #6: Pandora (from the movie Avatar), the habitable moon of a gas giant planet – PLANETPLANET Real-life sci-fi world #6: Pandora (from the movie Avatar), the habitable moon of a gas giant planet – PLANETPLANET](https://planetplanetdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/avatar__pandora_and_earth_by_okiir-d5vhmvt.png)
Real-life sci-fi world #6: Pandora (from the movie Avatar), the habitable moon of a gas giant planet – PLANETPLANET
![Pandora, despite being almost as large as Earth, is only a moon of the gas giant Polyphemus, which has thirteen other moons. As a result, Pandoran nights are never dark during half Pandora, despite being almost as large as Earth, is only a moon of the gas giant Polyphemus, which has thirteen other moons. As a result, Pandoran nights are never dark during half](https://preview.redd.it/bsub67esz9y81.jpg?auto=webp&s=efd8e6da219b88fca88da47905476b847b689a6c)
Pandora, despite being almost as large as Earth, is only a moon of the gas giant Polyphemus, which has thirteen other moons. As a result, Pandoran nights are never dark during half
![How far is Polyphemus, the gas giant from Avatar, from Alpha Centauri A? And what does that tell us about it and Pandora? Let's use math to find out. | by Ahmed How far is Polyphemus, the gas giant from Avatar, from Alpha Centauri A? And what does that tell us about it and Pandora? Let's use math to find out. | by Ahmed](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*qjjf3ynbavhkv4Fg3BNDPg.jpeg)