Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:18:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikkel Eriksen <carthagtuek@usa.com> To: halo@bungie.org Subject: seasons/day/night X-Originating-IP: 38.30.235.75 Hey slow on updates, eh? its a year and a week since the official introduction... *cries* I dunno if this had been theorized before, but anyway here goes: Considering that the halo floats between a gas giant and its moon, the gas giant is probably between the sun and the halo at intervals (not neccesarily regular). This makes the halo have nights (and days). Seasons are a bit harder to go about, cause that means the halo must be further from the sun (partially or not) in periods... That could happen if the gas giant has a more than just a little elliptic orbit. As far as i know, thats only possible with planets far from the sun or smaller planets. Anyway, this all looks very irregular to me. In the whole ringword concept is easier to regulate day night. in ringworld, it is the orbit itself around the sun, so its always noon. the day and night is accomplished by putting big squares in a smaller orbit insider the ringworld orbit, so the sun is blocked out in regular intervals. in the sequal, the ringworld engineers, the ringworld orbit has become unstable and the it begins orbiting like a hoolahoopring (sorta like when you put a big ring on your finger and make it spin, one end closer to the center). anyway, that causes seasons cause parts of the ring is farther from the sun at certain times. its unstable tho, so its almost destructed. thats my 16 ears on that... -Mikkel Eriksen |
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