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klcthebookworm

Tin Man: Prince of the Outer Zone Post 1--Plotting Notes

Mar 11, 2011 14:58

Thanks to an astro calculator page I stumbled upon (and have saved the heck out of now), I finally managed to finish THIS!

Nonestica Solar System Details
Created: 03/11/2011
Star 1: Primary
Star Mass (sols): 1.1
Star Luminosity (sols): 1.2
Average Radius (sols): 1.1
Star 2: Secondary
Star Mass (sols): 0.8
Star Luminosity (sols): 0.8
Average ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

rissy_james March 12 2011, 03:57:54 UTC

I think you made my brain explode but you need applause for all the work.

*loves* and possibly *hugs* and most definitely *cookies*

klcthebookworm March 12 2011, 04:11:23 UTC

Cookies! *nom, nom*

And hugs. I'll take hugs. With the exception of Mardi Gras, this has been a shitty week at the paying job. And I ran away to astrophysics to distract myself.

*Snort* That's a whole lot of math just to get to 445 days = an annual. And I'm fairly certain there should be an extra day at some point with the .54, but I had to stop at some point. And Junior's conception still worked out for a birthday of 12/08. :D It's just meant to be.

Hopefully, I'll have time tomorrow to work on the graphic. Tonight was a failure to launch.

:D What's Opera, Doc? aired in 1957. So Ahamo will know what DG means with her "kill the wabbit" snark. Yeah!

gatechic March 12 2011, 14:20:44 UTC

Wow! That's a lot of work you did there.

Susan Sarandon in costume=Fantastic!

Your nephew is adorable! ♥

Hugo!

klcthebookworm March 12 2011, 15:59:58 UTC

The work: Just like the O.Z. Map Project, I get an idea and can't let it go.

But I did have an ulterior motive. My original Stellar Gift of Death is the first novel in what I hope will be a series set in a section of space with easy-to-use FTL. Lots of planet hopping, lots of aliens, so lots of alien planets. So I've been looking for software and calculators to help me build this setting so I can keep using it. Initial idea: testing with Nonestica would be easier. *Pats naive self on head*

Atticus is 4 now. And I have no idea where my current digital pictures are probably not downloaded from the camera, duh. I thought about using Morgan McDonough at about 4 months (half of Neal's genes after all) but I couldn't find any pictures at four months and the ones I did find, boy those kids are blond! LOL ( ... )

americanfairy March 12 2011, 18:29:04 UTC

Okay, I just glanced at it and my brain exploded. Can't we just say that there are two suns and leave it at that? ;)

On a more serious note: I applaud you for being able to do that much research. I do some research for my writing as well, but I don't think I've ever done anything to that extent. Wow!

klcthebookworm March 13 2011, 01:01:59 UTC

Okay, I just glanced at it and my brain exploded. Can't we just say that there are two suns and leave it at that? ;) *Snicker* Boy at times today even I wish I could have. But I'm really glad I can use all of this for Wonderland since it's one continent over.

And I didn't even get into the geosynchronous orbit the witch was trying to establish. ;)

Research wasn't that bad. Working the equations, yes, be prepared for stuff not to work right. If you want to build a planet that works, start off by reading World-Building by Stephen L. Gillett. He does a good job with the concepts and gives the equations, but you're better off doing those with the astro calculator link I provided or a program like AstroSynthesis.

Now let me see if I can make the pretty graphic work.

americanfairy March 15 2011, 06:23:15 UTC

Yeah, math was never my strong point. Good thing man came up with calculators!

Thanks for the info, though! I've been working off and on on a space opera story and these tools will most definitely come in handy!

klcthebookworm March 15 2011, 13:30:01 UTC

So far the only program I have ruled out is Cosmographer 3 because all it does is makes pretty graphical maps. Which has it's uses, but you'd have to find another calculator to make sure the numbers work, expected more for the money actually.

Here's my review of AstroSynthesis v2. There's a LOT the program expect you to come up with on your own (orbit radius, albedo, surface temperature, axial tilt), but once you plug in the numbers, it's graphics will show that it's working or not. I'm thinking the astro calculator at the top of the page will clear up a lot of my issues with the Goldilocks Zone until they finish v3.