Miller's Planet

The View of the Planet seen from Endurance

**Miller's Planet** (or simply **Miller**) is the name given to the planet that is first visited by the crew of the Endurance, but was previously visited by Laura Miller after she landed on the planet with her own Lazarus pod.

## Geography

From a far, Miller's planet appears to mostly be surrounded by clouds, lots of clouds. It is said to be football-shaped, with one end to it facing Gargantua.

However, upon landing onto the surface, a large and seemingly endless shallow ocean covers most of the planet. Theres no signs of land, and theres only just clouds. It has been described as "Sterile" from the data found by Laura, as accordingly, the Oceans of the planet smelled like distilled water being poured onto a set of hot rocks. Think of it as a mineral scent, but not like the scent of salt water.

Due to the immense gravity of Gargantua and the planet's proximity to it, Miller's planet is prone to hosting large tidal waves reaching over 4,000 feet (or 1.2192 kilometers). These can be compared to tidal bores, a phenomenon to when the leading edge of tides of the oceans are powerful enough to roll against the water currents in rivers or bays. The waves on Miller's planet may be the reason for why there isn't any landmasses or any recognizable ones on the planet, as they may have caused the erosion of those landmasses.

### Time

Time on the planet passes relatively slower than Earth. According to Romilly, a single hour on Miller's planet lasts seven years on Earth, due to its proximity to Gargantua.

## Trivia

* Due to the Oceans of Miller's planet being referred as "Sterile", this hints that it couldn't support any life or any civilized life. That, and the large waves of the planet and its shallow waters makes it unlikely for it to support life.
	+ It may also be possible that the mineral content in the waters would fail to suit any microbes or any other simple life form. But, even with the presence of hydrocarbons, water, and sunlight, it still can't support any.
	+ That is, unless if the planet didn't simply exist long enough to have any life developing on its surface.
* Due to Gargantua being a rapidly spinning black hole, and that the physics of a rapidly rotating black hole differs from a non-spinning one, this allows Miller's Planet to safely stay in a stable orbit around Gargantua.
	+ To outside observers observing Miller's Planet, it's shown to orbit Gargantua every 1.7 hours. But on the planet itself, it orbits ten times a second around Gargantua, making it normally faster than the speed of light. However, since the spin from Gargantua causes space to whirl around it, Miller's planet doesn't travel faster relative to the space around it. As you can't travel faster than light relative to space, in the laws of physics. However, space itself isn't bounded to the speed limit. Thus, Faster than light travel is possible by bending and twisting space.
* Given that Miller's planet is shaped like a football with one side pointing to Gargantua. The Waves can be considered as tidal waves, meaning that they aren't heading to you, its the Planet itself rotating under you, and that the fixed waves are instead slamming into you.
	+ However, due to it not rotating, the waves wouldn't really slam into you. But it should be worth noting that tidally locked planets can rock back and forth. That, and the water on the planet is mainly concentrated in the waves, the oceans at the height of your knee will indeed be possible.

## References

1. ↑ *Interstellar* (2014)
2. ↑ *Interstellar* (2014)
3. ↑ *Interstellar* (2014)
4. ↑ *Interstellar* (2014)