Re: A newcomer here

In article <11hrmgcsog9qg90@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bill Swears <wswears@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Wilson Heydt wrote:
>> In article <1125958953.013767.206460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> <savegraduation@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>>For heavy science-type questions, check out rec.arts.sf.science (not
>>>
>>>that we're not happy to help).
>>>
>>>Rec.arts.sf.science? Glad to know there's a place just like that.
>>>Something that will be perfect for asking if your three planets are
>>>going to crash into each other given their AU's being close to each
>>>other and all that. www.writersbbs.com was supposed to be good for
>>>that, but their science fiction board doesn't get much traffic.
>>
>> Umm.... "AU" is generally taken to mean "Astronomical Unit" and is
>> approximately 93 million miles. Did you have some other meaning in
>> mind? (In the mean time, you might want to look up some data on
>> the rather famous "three body problem".)
>
>Umm, I'm not sure, but I think he was posing an inherently silly
>question, maybe in jest?

Possible, but I thought I'd ask, as there have been "issues" in the
past with new, aspiring writers whose grasp of orbital dynamics
was...less than overwhelmingly accurate. Do you recall the fellow
who wanted a system with the star orbiting the (nominally
Earth-like) planet? Some fairly serious discussions ensued...

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Hal Heydt
Albany, CA

My dime, my opinions.
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