Re: CONCULTURE: First thoughts on Ayeri calendar system

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.
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> 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.
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> I'd be willing to help out, if you like.
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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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