Re: Kalieda climate
| From: | Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 5, 2002, 13:08 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rik Roots" <rikroots@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:25 PM
Subject: Kalieda climate
Tropical storms which cast for months! Apart from the "tropical" bit, sounds
just like Britain (or Mars).
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!
Mike
> and orbital perihelion (is that the right one? I mean the planet's
> furthest point from its star) occuring roughly 10 days after northern
> hemisphere winter solstice.
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> And tropical storms which can last for months.
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> Comments and suggestions are, as ever, more than welcome.
>
> Rik
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