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Simon de Vet <sde### [at] istar ca> wrote in message
news:373E3543.84ADD395@istar.ca...
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> Well, Smaller with the emphasis on the Small part... we're talking about a
> teeny-tiny planet here... Suppose the ratio of Planet size to Ring size
is
> roughly constant.
Well, see... I don't know that I want to do that. 8-) I hear that the
earth has a ring, and it's too small to be visible from the ground. Whereas
Saturn's rings are almost a naked eye object from here.
> However,
> even this firendly estimate results in a planet about 20km in diameter.
Still
> far to tiny...
If I understand what rings are... an area in the orbit of the planet
where the tidal forces are too strong to support the formation of a planet,
but stable enough to collect debris. The denser the planet, the closer the
ring, the wider the potnetial area of disturbed forces. I could be wrong, I
usually research these things before typing them in stone, but I've got my 8
year old mind on today...
>
> BTW, you write SF? Any available to read?
>
Eh, I just looked on my old computer and I have some stuff that I wrote
a while ago that I can put on a web page, but I don't want to broadcast
anything I still have hopes of getting a publisher for...
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> Those would be John P. Beale's utilities.
Yes - this guy is good!
Chris Harrison
http://www.ChrisHarrison.co.uk/
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On Sat, 15 May 1999 08:36:41 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
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> Besides John van Sickles Rock include file which makes them one at a time
>I also have a couple of command line utilities that I have gathered that make
>several at a time. One in particular is handy for generting large volumes
>of randomly scaled rocks and they are rough enough in appearence to make
>a passable asteroid. Give a yell if interested.
>
Erm... "YELL" ?
Cheers,
Cliff Bowman
Why not pay my 3D Dr Who site a visit at
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/7855/
PS change ".duffnet" to ".net" if replying via e-mail
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> > > That scene in Voyager is, (pardon the scientific terminology) absolute and
> > > bloody nonsense.
> > >
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> > Um, is that supposed to be Saturn? I assumed it was some smaller ringed
> > planet on the other side of the galaxy...
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> Well, Smaller with the emphasis on the Small part... we're talking about a
> teeny-tiny planet here... Suppose the ratio of Planet size to Ring size is
I noticed that, too, a while back. I corresponded with one of the
Voyager illustrators on that. His response was (paraphrased): "Oh, I
don't want to get dragged in to another discussion about scale! ;-)"
[his smiley, not mine]. I got the feeling they had heard that one
before. The rest of the conversation was centered on artistic license.
It would be render a more realistic version of that scene. If anyone
does, I'll email it to the illustrator!
Jon
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> Well, see... I don't know that I want to do that. 8-) I hear that the
> earth has a ring, and it's too small to be visible from the ground. Whereas
> Saturn's rings are almost a naked eye object from here.
Yeah, you can see Saturn's rings from here, easily. But you can't
resolve them. ;-)
A reasonably good small telescope will show them to you.
Jon
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A pair of field glasses and a steady hand will work too.
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> Yeah, you can see Saturn's rings from here, easily. But you can't
> resolve them. ;-)
>
> A reasonably good small telescope will show them to you.
>
> Jon
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Jon S. Berndt wrote:
> > > > That scene in Voyager is, (pardon the scientific terminology) absolute and
> > > > bloody nonsense.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Um, is that supposed to be Saturn? I assumed it was some smaller ringed
> > > planet on the other side of the galaxy...
> >
> > Well, Smaller with the emphasis on the Small part... we're talking about a
> > teeny-tiny planet here... Suppose the ratio of Planet size to Ring size is
>
> I noticed that, too, a while back. I corresponded with one of the
> Voyager illustrators on that. His response was (paraphrased): "Oh, I
> don't want to get dragged in to another discussion about scale! ;-)"
> [his smiley, not mine]. I got the feeling they had heard that one
> before. The rest of the conversation was centered on artistic license.
>
> It would be render a more realistic version of that scene. If anyone
> does, I'll email it to the illustrator!
I agree with the original sentiment...
However, I think that this realstic image might be interesting... Often, in Trek, a
sense of scale is lost, that this is a tiny little ship in a planet filled with
humoungous structures.
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