If Earth takes 24 hours to rotate on its axis and a snowflake has six sides based on the particulars of the environment of Earth creating life, 24 ÷ 4 (number of heart valves in the human heart) = 6, the number of arms on an Earth based snowflake, then dividing Tatooine’s rotation by four would give the approx. number of arms on the snowflake.
When an environmental simulator is used to determine the variables of Earth based snowflakes is applied, and each even number is associated with environmental factors that goes into creating a six-sided snowflake is applied, we are able to determine if the planet is capable of sustaining life.
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Q: How are snowflakes formed?
A: A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky. This creates an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls to the ground, water vapor freezes onto the primary crystal, building new crystals – the six arms of the snowflake.
That’s the short answer.
The more detailed explanation is this:
The ice crystals that make up snowflakes are symmetrical (or patterned) because they reflect the internal order of the crystal’s water molecules as they arrange themselves in predetermined spaces (known as “crystallization”) to form a six-sided snowflake.
Ultimately, it is the temperature at which a crystal forms — and to a lesser extent the humidity of the air — that determines the basic shape of the ice crystal. Thus, we see long needle-like crystals at 23 degrees F and very flat plate-like crystals at 5 degrees F.
The intricate shape of a single arm of the snowflake is determined by the atmospheric conditions experienced by entire ice crystal as it falls. A crystal might begin to grow arms in one manner, and then minutes or even seconds later, slight changes in the surrounding temperature or humidity causes the crystal to grow in another way. Although the six-sided shape is always maintained, the ice crystal (and its six arms) may branch off in new directions. Because each arm experiences the same atmospheric conditions, the arms look identical.
Q: So, why are no two snowflakes exactly alike?
A: Well, that’s because individual snowflakes all follow slightly different paths from the sky to the ground —and thus encounter slightly different atmospheric conditions along the way. Therefore, they all tend to look unique, resembling everything from prisms and needles to the familiar lacy pattern.
Criteria to determine if the planet has life on it.
The criteria involve a sun similar to our own Sun.
- Is the planet within .95 to 1.37 AU from the Sun?
- Does the planet’s temperature reside between 23 degrees F for long needle snowflakes and 5 degrees F for flat plate snowflakes during the winter months?
2a - Key Humidity & Temperature Factors:
- Saturation is Key: The air must have abundant water vapor (relative humidity near 100%) for crystals to grow.
- High Humidity = Complex Shapes: More moisture leads to faster growth and intricate branches (dendrites).
- Low Humidity = Simple Shapes: Less moisture produces simpler forms like thin plates or columns.
- Temperature Dictates Shape:
- Near freezing (25-32°F): Large, wet flakes.
- ~10-20°F (-12°C to -18°C): The “sweet spot” for branching arms (dendrites).
- Below 0°F (-18°C): Columns and simpler plates
I also recently discovered that a snowflake does go through changes based on the layers, temperature and humidity as it falls to the surface, thus another exponential layer of infinity has been added. When subtle changes due to environmental factors, the tips of the snowflake melt first and then reform while the center remains the same.
The intricate shape of a single arm of the snowflake is determined by the atmospheric conditions experienced by entire ice crystal as it falls. A crystal might begin to grow arms in one manner, and then minutes or even seconds later, slight changes in the surrounding temperature or humidity causes the crystal to grow in another way. Although the six-sided shape is always maintained, the ice crystal (and its six arms) may branch off in new directions. Because each arm experiences the same atmospheric conditions, the arms look identical.
If each snowflake is measured from tip to center and then the tip of each arm and the center of each snowflake around the first snowflake measured, wavelengths are created that matches the gravitational variances of the Moon during the night and the sun during the day.
With each snowflake in various states of melting and regrowing its arms there is a constant scale created that does ebb and flow like the water.
There might also be the same hidden geometries in the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt that would match the variances of the snowflake that when aligned the location of a planet with life on it could it be found.
it all started in a little niche called…New Eden.