Why is Cosmoem in Lillie's bag?

Question

if Cosmom is 999 kg, why is it in Lillie's bag?
too heavy!!

EDIT: Y'all need to stop taking this question seriously and edit my post because it was just for pure entertainment and you know it

Comments

Don't you mean Gamefreak logic?

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Lillie has witchcraft! Grab the torches and pitchforks!

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It doesn't have to have flying type or levitate to float, do you not remember the tapu look scene where he flies to save your ass

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No, because I haven't actually played SM. Also, I realized that Cosmoem exerts 100 kPa of pressure on Lillie's bag and it doesn't break, so it must be lined with steel. I wonder where she got it.

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You can't just ask a question if it's just for pure entertainment. Plus it isn't April Fools.

Answer 1

Cosmoem floats:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-gLQj3G0iqzc8SFd4ABQmkMT5A58aUvGxXNaYI6agXokoKgSf

This is probably because it's supposed to be like a protostar. This also explains why it's really heavy for it's tiny size. Stars are really dense, so they are really heavy for their size. If the sun was so light for it's size that it had less gravitational influence than the Earth, the Sun would orbit around the Earth. But as it is, it's the other way round, and the Sun stays still in space, and just spins round a bit. (Well, it also orbits around the centre of our galaxy, but that's even heavier.)

So it floats because it's so heavy that it has it's own gravitational influence. I know 999Kg isn't enough for something to have it's own gravitational influence, but it's weight is actually recorded as 999 .9 Kg. Maybe it's really more than this, because it's off of the weight scale, and 999.9 is the highest number it can show. It's even heavier than primal Groudon (999.7Kg). So it's now the new heaviest Pokemon, by what looks like a tiny bit, but really by a long way, because it probably weighs millions of kilograms to have it's own gravitational influence.

But this doesn't mean that it should have levitate. If you send it out into battle, it would sit on the floor and not be able to move without great difficulty (which explains it's base speed). It's floating in the picture because it evolved from cosmog while in the air. And cosmog can be in the air because it can float upwards momentarily because it's a gas. And after this picture, Cosmoem can be pulled around by Lillie's bag from that height. And when it floats higher in the air above the altar of the sun/moon, that's because the altar is so powerful it can lift it that high.

Comments

Just wanted to say, this is an exceptionally great answer! I am really glad that I got to read that, tbh. That might sounded like a stretch to say, but it was (is) a kind of complex thing to wrap your head around, and it was fun to see it so easily explained. Thanks :D

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No problem. The sciency bit is very questionable and it probably doesn't work like that but oh well.

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It's also a Psychic-type, and Psychics tend to float (see Kadabra/Alakazam's datamined walking animations). Great answer!

Tiny nitpick, but Cosmoem is based on a protostar, not a star. Protostars are even denser than stars.

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But the whole point is that it doesn't actually float. It's psychic because it's to do with space.

Yeah I thought it wasn't a star but I couldn't think of another word.

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Who else but Astro to point out the bit about protostars... Like, it was fate or something, man.

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I didn't spend 45 minutes researching protostars for that knowledge to go to waste ;D

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Nerd. (filler) :D

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If its gravity is strong, why does the Earth not fall on Cosmoem or orbit Cosmoem? If there are two massive bodies, they're supposed to attract each other.

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Gravity is a force that is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects.

G ∝ (Mm)/ r²

As Cosmoem is very, very close to Earth (or PokeEarth) its square becomes very small indeed (Remember this is in comparison to planet size). Further, Cosmoem is only 999.9kg. I say only because the planet weighs a LOT more.

Hence, it can be assumed that Cosmoem is a part of the isolated system, or part of the planet itself.

Maybe, if Cosmoem was bigger, heaver (by thousands or hundreds of thousands of times), and were sufficiently separate, you could observe the effect of Gravity on each other.

In fact, the basic principles of classical physics are such that every object attracts the other. Only, in case of objects on Earth (or PokeEarth), they are just so small that their insignificant mass tremendously reduces the force between them. In a way, you and I also attract the planet, but our gravity is so, so small in comparison that it can be neglected.

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Why doesn't the bag float off Lilly's arm then? see?

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Rex read my answer. It weighs as much as a protostar.

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> So it floats because it's so heavy that it has it's own gravitational influence.

So you're saying that ordinary objects fall to the ground, but Cosmoem doesn't because it's heavier?

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You cited the fact that the Earth seems to float relative to the Sun, but that only works if the Earth's velocity exceeds the Sun's orbital velocity. Cosmoem seems to stay on the same place over the Earth's surface, and the Earth rotates more slowly than its orbital velocity, so Cosmoem can't possibly be orbiting the Earth.

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Too much science stuff. I think you guys broke my brain.

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But, if its BMI is 99990.0, which it is, why is it between Drilbur's BMI of 94.4 and Nosepass' BMI of 99.0 in the Size Pokédex?

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Nobody was asking about its BMI. Why did you make the comment?

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Because it's important. BMI is "Body Mass Index", which relates to its height and weight.

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Nosepass is big-boned, and Drilbur eats a lot of starches and trans fats. Problem solved :D

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Not in the case of Cosmoem, which is the Protostar Pokémon. They are very dense and have so much energy in them. Think of the sun but smaller.

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It's probably just an error.

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The BMI is a derived value. If it has the correct height and weight, but the wrong BMI, we can ignore the BMI.

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No, we can't. It's supposed to be in order.

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Why is it important for this discussion?

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Because BMI tells you so much. Like how much body mass it has.

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Body mass is just its mass in kilograms. You don't need to know the BMI to know that. From what I know, BMI is only used to determine health condition in humans.