Scientists tried to come up with the star system from Nightfall and found it would only be stable in this configuration for a few centuries: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1407.4895.pdf …
Daughter had an idea for a world that is always sunny. Now I wonder if it's actually possible in some sort of configuration..? Maybe a binary system?
@DJSnM @afeinstein20 Any thoughts?
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I'm shamed to say this is the first time I've heard of Nightfall.. added to my reading list!
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My initial instinct would say that potentially a planet that is tidally locked with a very close in binary companion *might* do the trick, but I'm not sure how stable that system would be!
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I had a similar thought!https://twitter.com/HedgeDogGaming/status/1013871056027815941 …
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An interesting thought experiment for sure and with the size of the Milky Way & the Universe, I'm sure some crazy system like this exists :)
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