Whats the Maximum Population of Atlantis?

[mathew8009bf54270f]

how is atlantis supported in the ocean cause if so would hacve a max weight

[Toresica]

how is atlantis supported in the ocean cause if so would hacve a max weight

Well, it would also be rather wide, and they would try to make it out of materials that aren't very dense. (since it's the density that really counts, not the total mass).

There are some pretty honking big ocean liners out there, and the ancients are way more advanced then us.

[Major Gambit]

Then that puts the size of the daedalus way off by comparison

ya, i wondered that myself, but when the daedalus lands, we dont see people on the ground, so we really have no idea how big it is compaired to Atlantis

[Cory Holmes]

Well, it would also be rather wide, and they would try to make it out of materials that aren't very dense. (since it's the density that really counts, not the total mass).

There are some pretty honking big ocean liners out there, and the ancients are way more advanced then us.

Not quite. Anything will float as long as you displace more water than you weigh. If you take a look at Atlantis, it's fairly spread out and has a flat bottom. That shape has the greatest amount of surface area and therefore displaces the most volume of water.

It's like how a person will sink in the pool if they stand upright, but will float if they lay on their back. More surface area = greater amount of water displaced = more floatation.

[SG-1ssm]

Probably about a million the place is huge. There are several hundred people in the Atlantis expidition.

[Toresica]

Not quite. Anything will float as long as you displace more water than you weigh. If you take a look at Atlantis, it's fairly spread out and has a flat bottom. That shape has the greatest amount of surface area and therefore displaces the most volume of water.

It's like how a person will sink in the pool if they stand upright, but will float if they lay on their back. More surface area = greater amount of water displaced = more floatation.

Isn't that what I said?

I was trying to make it understandable to people who aren't physics majors...

[jenks]

I'd say about 300,000 but that's just a guess...