"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
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> Hi Bob, This version seems a bit closer to their artist's rendition 
> because it seems more regular.  But that is precisely what I find less 
> believable.  I liked the larger variations

It was the large elevation changes I wasn't sure would be feasible, though, 
after thinking it over a while. I kept thinking icey rock at first and, even 
though that might make for a flat terrain (Jupiters moons come to mind), I 
was considering the extreme cold making the surface so ridgid that 
mountainous places could exist.

Afterward, I got to thinking about the overall size. If as big as Earth's 
Moon then I had to figure it still probably had enough gravity to smooth 
things out. But you're right, Jim, it was very uninteresting that way. Last 
night I changed it yet again and it's more like the first time again.

I'll post that one as a final for this subject and probably move on to other 
things.

Bob

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