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[Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« on: January 18, 2016, 09:11:58 pm »

Sorry for the double-thread, but I just noticed that the sun moves around the planet differently depending on the size of the world!

I'm 100% certain this is the case, the larger your world the longer daytime lasts.

Let's discuss? Am I late on this discovery?
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 09:37:37 pm »

Heh, thought this was about the worldgen discoveries of scholars.

I really doubt it.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 09:54:59 pm »

I've only played large worlds, so I can't be sure. I think daytime lasts longer the higher your Strength, Agility and Armor Use get.

I've seen a few books that claim the opposite, but this is 1050 year old world with discoveries in lenses and optics.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 10:15:25 pm »

I think daytime lasts longer the closer you are to crowds of people.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2016, 11:51:26 pm »

"the sun moves around the planet"
Toady left that ambiguous, and scholars can come i fact up with that theory in worldgen.


But, it
Could just be the worlds rotation is just slower.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2016, 06:53:06 am »

Could just be the worlds rotation is just slower.

This is what I think, sorry for the misleading thread title!

I find pocket worlds have a short day and night time on the fast travel screen not near cities and such. The small world I generated has a longer day-night cycle, I'm certain of it.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 04:45:45 am »

So what about the moon?
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2016, 04:43:52 pm »

I'm pretty sure I've seen worlds with both "the sun moves around the world" and "the world moves around the sun" books in Legends mode. Maybe the disagreements are why the scholars keep brawling with each other?  ;D
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2016, 08:41:29 pm »

I'm pretty sure I've seen worlds with both "the sun moves around the world" and "the world moves around the sun" books in Legends mode. Maybe the disagreements are why the scholars keep brawling with each other?  ;D
That reminds of a scene in the Doctor Who book Empire of Glass, where Galileo gets into an argument with a Sontaran:
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"We do not sell rakeshla," the gargoyle hissed, its lipless mouth stretched into a wide smile. "It is a drink of victory, a drink of celebration with which we of Sontara toast our returning warriors."

"And this -" Galileo waved a hand at the various creatures from the stars that surrounded them. "Do you consider this a victory?"

The gargoyle's entire upper body jerked forward. Galileo reflected that it was probably the only way the creature could nod. "Indeed!" it said. "The bargaining was hard, but the Doctor was more reasonable than we had expected. A true warrior prefers to gaze into his victim's dying eyes, rather than wipe out a star-system from orbit, and the agreements we have made here reflect that. A good result, for us all." Its piggish eyes glinted at Galileo out of deep-set sockets. "I am Tayre." The creature slapped a hand across its broad chest in salute. "I am Colonel in Chief of the Strategic Arm of the Ninth Sontaran Army. What is your rank and designation?"

"I am Galileo Galilei." He bowed. "I am an astronomer."

Tayre nodded. "Ah, a stellar cartographer. That is good. Accurate maps are a prerequisite for a successful military campaign."

Galileo nodded fervently. "If only more military commanders thought the same way you do." He glanced over at Cardinal Bellarmine, who was entwined with the silver-skinned woman, and said, "Tell me about your world, Tayre. Which sun does it revolve around?"

"None," Tayre replied, "our sun revolves around our home planet."

Galileo felt as though he had been punched in the stomach. "You are mistaken!" he snapped. "That is not possible. Worlds must revolve around suns. I know it to be so."

"Sontarans are never mistaken," Tayre hissed ominously. "We have rearranged our solar system more logically. The Sontaran Imperator decreed it."

"No." Galileo shook his head. "Worlds revolve around suns. I say it is so."

"Are you calling me a liar?" the Sontaran snapped.

"If truth is beauty and beauty truth then your ugliness shows you for the liar that you are." Despite the fact that it was the wine talking, Galileo was pleased with the insult. His pleasure lasted only for a moment, until the Sontaran"s gloved fist smashed into his face.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2016, 07:04:46 pm »

I'm pretty sure I've seen worlds with both "the sun moves around the world" and "the world moves around the sun" books in Legends mode. Maybe the disagreements are why the scholars keep brawling with each other?  ;D
That reminds of a scene in the Doctor Who book Empire of Glass, where Galileo gets into an argument with a Sontaran:
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"You like our rakeshla?" a voice hissed. He turned, and found a squat figure in leather armour behind him. The creature's potato-like head, which grew straight from its massive shoulders, would not have been out of place projecting from the roof of a church.

"Rakeshla - is that what you call it?" Galileo burped, and wiped the back of his hand across his mouth. "It is excellent! Truly excellent! Where can I buy some?"

"We do not sell rakeshla," the gargoyle hissed, its lipless mouth stretched into a wide smile. "It is a drink of victory, a drink of celebration with which we of Sontara toast our returning warriors."

"And this -" Galileo waved a hand at the various creatures from the stars that surrounded them. "Do you consider this a victory?"

The gargoyle's entire upper body jerked forward. Galileo reflected that it was probably the only way the creature could nod. "Indeed!" it said. "The bargaining was hard, but the Doctor was more reasonable than we had expected. A true warrior prefers to gaze into his victim's dying eyes, rather than wipe out a star-system from orbit, and the agreements we have made here reflect that. A good result, for us all." Its piggish eyes glinted at Galileo out of deep-set sockets. "I am Tayre." The creature slapped a hand across its broad chest in salute. "I am Colonel in Chief of the Strategic Arm of the Ninth Sontaran Army. What is your rank and designation?"

"I am Galileo Galilei." He bowed. "I am an astronomer."

Tayre nodded. "Ah, a stellar cartographer. That is good. Accurate maps are a prerequisite for a successful military campaign."

Galileo nodded fervently. "If only more military commanders thought the same way you do." He glanced over at Cardinal Bellarmine, who was entwined with the silver-skinned woman, and said, "Tell me about your world, Tayre. Which sun does it revolve around?"

"None," Tayre replied, "our sun revolves around our home planet."

Galileo felt as though he had been punched in the stomach. "You are mistaken!" he snapped. "That is not possible. Worlds must revolve around suns. I know it to be so."

"Sontarans are never mistaken," Tayre hissed ominously. "We have rearranged our solar system more logically. The Sontaran Imperator decreed it."

"No." Galileo shook his head. "Worlds revolve around suns. I say it is so."

"Are you calling me a liar?" the Sontaran snapped.

"If truth is beauty and beauty truth then your ugliness shows you for the liar that you are." Despite the fact that it was the wine talking, Galileo was pleased with the insult. His pleasure lasted only for a moment, until the Sontaran"s gloved fist smashed into his face.

That was beautiful.
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2016, 03:16:52 am »

I'm pretty sure I've seen worlds with both "the sun moves around the world" and "the world moves around the sun" books in Legends mode. Maybe the disagreements are why the scholars keep brawling with each other?  ;D
That reminds of a scene in the Doctor Who book Empire of Glass, where Galileo gets into an argument with a Sontaran:
Quote from: Andy Lane
"You like our rakeshla?" a voice hissed. He turned, and found a squat figure in leather armour behind him. The creature's potato-like head, which grew straight from its massive shoulders, would not have been out of place projecting from the roof of a church.

"Rakeshla - is that what you call it?" Galileo burped, and wiped the back of his hand across his mouth. "It is excellent! Truly excellent! Where can I buy some?"

"We do not sell rakeshla," the gargoyle hissed, its lipless mouth stretched into a wide smile. "It is a drink of victory, a drink of celebration with which we of Sontara toast our returning warriors."

"And this -" Galileo waved a hand at the various creatures from the stars that surrounded them. "Do you consider this a victory?"

The gargoyle's entire upper body jerked forward. Galileo reflected that it was probably the only way the creature could nod. "Indeed!" it said. "The bargaining was hard, but the Doctor was more reasonable than we had expected. A true warrior prefers to gaze into his victim's dying eyes, rather than wipe out a star-system from orbit, and the agreements we have made here reflect that. A good result, for us all." Its piggish eyes glinted at Galileo out of deep-set sockets. "I am Tayre." The creature slapped a hand across its broad chest in salute. "I am Colonel in Chief of the Strategic Arm of the Ninth Sontaran Army. What is your rank and designation?"

"I am Galileo Galilei." He bowed. "I am an astronomer."

Tayre nodded. "Ah, a stellar cartographer. That is good. Accurate maps are a prerequisite for a successful military campaign."

Galileo nodded fervently. "If only more military commanders thought the same way you do." He glanced over at Cardinal Bellarmine, who was entwined with the silver-skinned woman, and said, "Tell me about your world, Tayre. Which sun does it revolve around?"

"None," Tayre replied, "our sun revolves around our home planet."

Galileo felt as though he had been punched in the stomach. "You are mistaken!" he snapped. "That is not possible. Worlds must revolve around suns. I know it to be so."

"Sontarans are never mistaken," Tayre hissed ominously. "We have rearranged our solar system more logically. The Sontaran Imperator decreed it."

"No." Galileo shook his head. "Worlds revolve around suns. I say it is so."

"Are you calling me a liar?" the Sontaran snapped.

"If truth is beauty and beauty truth then your ugliness shows you for the liar that you are." Despite the fact that it was the wine talking, Galileo was pleased with the insult. His pleasure lasted only for a moment, until the Sontaran"s gloved fist smashed into his face.

That was beautiful.

Aye, but does that necessarily make it also true?
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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2016, 05:56:04 am »

Depends on where you are on the Kardeshev scale.

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Re: [Science]Discovery: The Sun Moves Around The Planet
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2016, 12:24:49 pm »

I guess it depends on whether or not the sontaran sun is less massive than the planet, or if either of them understand orbital mechanics, since technically both objects move about their combined center of mass.
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