Re: A newcomer here

In article <1h2ifvd.1w3b7yu1mslxnxN%zeborah@xxxxxxxxx>,
Zeborah <zeborah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Wilson Heydt <whheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Do you recall the fellow
>> who wanted a system with the star orbiting the (nominally
>> Earth-like) planet? Some fairly serious discussions ensued...
>
>Well, that'd give you a tide, which is good. No seasons -- how
>important are they, anyway? And of course it'd have to be a very
>*small* sun....

A nmber of those things were pointed out. As I recall, he wanted a
system that was "theologically correct", for a very restricted
theology--including a system age under 10K years.

--
Hal Heydt
Albany, CA

My dime, my opinions.
.

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