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Re: Local space -- here's a real map!
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Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:50:55 GMT
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At 10:12 AM 11/20/1999 , John J. Ladasky Jr. wrote:
> Take a look at the distance chart again. Wolf 359 and Lalande 21185 may
> appear to be a lot farther from alpha Centauri and Barnard's Star than
> they are from Sol, but in fact they're less than 1.5 times farther
> off. Wolf 359 and Lalande 21185 are also closer to each other than any
> other pair of systems on the list, making travel between them easy.
I'm not doubting that, but Zacktron's already been written into the Alpha
Centauri system, as well as Barnard's Star. Those two may come into play
in the future if an alien race is discovered.
> > > There is actually one double star system, UV Ceti, that MIGHT be closer
> > > than Sirius, which is not pictured on this map. Various studies
> > > disagree. RECONS places it a hair more distant from Sol than Sirius, and
> > > other sources places it modestly closer. The stars of the UV Ceti system
> > > were too dim to be measured by Hipparcos.
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> The UV Ceti system might have planets, but they would probably not be very
> hospitable. Both of the stars are among the smallest known. Their masses
> are on the order of one tenth that of Sol, and they're only about one
> ten-thousandth as bright. Planets that would receive an Earth-like level
> of light and heat would have to orbit extremely close to the stars. To
> make matters worse, one of the two stars is a flare star. It behaves even
> more badly than Proxima Centauri, which I mentioned in an earlier post. A
> couple of times a day, for ten minutes or so, the star increases in
> intensity by ten to one hundred fold, then drops back to its normal
> level. That close-in planet would get torched!
I guess that scratches UV Ceti from any future Zacktron plans.
> > Ahhhh you're amazing! (wanna be written in as a Zacktron admiral?)
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> Does the job come with tenure? 8^) 8^)
We'll discuss that, but it comes with the command of a rather powerful
capital ship ;) Seriously, if you like, I'll write your name in as an
admiral into Zacktron storylines. Its kinda hard to come up with names (in
screenwriting its harder), so anytime I can name a character after someone
its easier.
Thanks John!
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
Mac and cheese is one thing when you get it in a boot, but its another
thing when you have to eat it. (Don't ask...)
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| Hello again, (...) O.K., all I'm trying to say is that Wolf 359 and Lalande 21185 are not that much harder to reach from alpha Centauri or Barnard's Star. I agree that the latter two stars were good first choices for your interstellar exodus. If (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Those were basically the stars that were being considered. The Alpha Centauri system is occupied by the Zacktron Alliance (Blacktron, M:Tron, Ice Planet, Futuron, Exploriens) and Spyrius (their enemy). Unitron forces (part of Earth (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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