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Re: CONCULTURE: First thoughts on Ayeri calendar system

From:Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
Date:Monday, November 15, 2004, 18:36
Rodlox wrote:

>>OK, I have decided! I only want to have one moon, since Maths and Physics >>seem to be easier then and I'm not that good at both subjects. >> >> > > well, at some points during the month (ie, when each is on the opposite >side of the planet), the two moons would negate one another's effect upon >the tides. > > I'd be willing to help out, if you like. > > > >
This assumption is only true under specific conditions... they would negate each other a certain amount when they were on opposite sides of the planet, but they wouldn't completely cancel out unless, for example, they were the same mass and the same distance from the planet (and even then the forces would only cancel on the plane midway between them... elsewhere there would still be forces creating tides), or the one further away had exactly the right amount more mass. I'm not sure its worth the effort to do all these calculations since working out the orbits when there are even three bodies involved analytically is quite complicated. That's why people use numerical solutions and computer models to model the solar system, and even that isn't just 5 minutes work. If I were you, for the purposes of a conworld, I'd just make it up if you really want more than one moon. :) If you want something different, perhaps you should have no moons? A world without tides and without the moon at night would be interesting. :)

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