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From:J. Barefoot <ataiyu@...>
Date:Monday, July 19, 1999, 23:26
>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 _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com