Re: Back!

>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>Cool.  Since there are two suns for my people, their sacred calendar is
>also divided into two halves, the period when the suns grow further
>apart, and the period when they grow closer.  The highest religious
>festival is the Day of the Suns, when the planet is right between the
>two, so that Paul (the lesser sun) rises when Peter (the greater sun)
>sets, and vice versa.  After that, Paul rises a few minutes earlier
>every day, so that the period when no sun is up grows longer, and the
>suns get closer to each other, until the Day of One Sun, when the planet
>is on the exact opposite side of Peter from Paul, so that they rise and
>set at the same time.  This begins the period when they grow apart,
>night shrinking, until the Day of the Suns again.
>
>The secular calendar, on the other hand, ignores Paul, since most of the
>heat and light come from Peter, the weather, and hence, the seasons, are
>determined by Peter, and Terra Nova's tilt, just as with Earth.
>Therefore, the two calendars are usually out of synch, the Sacred
>Calendar being slightly longer (since, while Terra Nova orbits Peter,
>Paul also orbits).  Every 72 years, or 80 Earth years, the Festival of
>Paul is held, replacing the Day of the Suns.  This is the year when the
>two suns are closest.  Because Paul is orbiting faster, the Sacred
>Calendar is longest on this year.  At the other end of the Great Cycle,
>another Festival of Paul is held, this time, it's the year when the two
>suns are *furthest* from each other, and the Sacred Calendar is
>shortest.

Wow. I always wondered what the calendar in a binary system would be like.
One thing: Peter and Paul? Explain please.

jennifer


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