Re: Kalieda climate
From: | Rik Roots <rikroots@...> |
Date: | Thursday, February 21, 2002, 12:39 |
Hi, Mike
> Tropical storms which cast for months! Apart from the "tropical" bit, sounds
> just like Britain (or Mars).
Heh! I think I might turn the thermostat up a touch on my conworld.
Britain is a bit too cold for me at the moment, and I need to think
warm thoughts.
> Looks like the term you're after is aphelion (opposite to perihelion in
> fact) though to be pedantic, this means "farthest point from the Sun" -
> i.e., Earth's Sun. Maybe you could call it apastron, this is the
> astronomical term - but strictly it refers to one member of a double star
> system. I'd stick with aphelion if I were you!
Thanks. Gevey has a word for "sun" - wage - which means I could use
shaswage (close to wage) and mavwage (away from wage), but I think
keeping to aphelion and perihelion would make more sense to the
casual visitor to the website.
> Mike
Thanks for taking the time to visit, and comment. Much appreciated.
Rik
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