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- From: STUCS204@UK.AC.BHAM.IBM3090
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
- Subject: Re: Suns orbits etc etc
- Message-ID: <922117122103@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 12:21:03 GMT
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- Organization: The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- The problem depends on how the sun orbits the discworld. If the sun orbits orou
- nd the rim then the descriptions are accurate. If the sun obits in such a way t
- hat it cuts the discworld 'in half' then the climates are all wrong. Of course
- the problem only arises because we are applying physics *as we know it* to the
- problem but I'm sure that there are several physical laws that sort of rule out
- a flat discworld anyway. Therefore the problem doesnt arise really. Speaking o
- f physics. Sir Terry (in a few years anyway) was only a publicity officer for t
- he electricity board so I think that his knowledge of celestial mechanics and h
- yperdimensionality (WHAT A LOVELY WORD) is probably somewhat lacking. This of c
- ourse does not stop his ideas from sounding *very* realistic (although I feel t
- his is probably due to a fevered brain on his part rather than 2 and a half yea
- rs of an Astrophysics degree on mine (possibly))
- Perhaps Terry himself will give his views on the subject.(I hope so)
-
- Yours with a pint *yes a pint* of Scumble
- and a slowly melting pool of change.
-
- stucs204@uk.ac.bham - aka Richard.
-
- #Smoke me a kipper.I'll be back for breakfast#
-