(urth) Like a good Neighbor

[Sergei SOLOVIEV]

You wish me to find an exact quotation where its is said that the
atmospheres "touch"? I'll try.

Sergei

David Stockhoff wrote:
> On 11/24/2011 12:40 PM, Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
>> And the idea that Green and Blue come so close (in the "conjunction" 
>> ) that their atmospheres
>> touch does not come from inhumi, it comes from Wolfe, and it is said 
>> (as common
>> knowledge) that this allows the inhumi to cross.
>>
>> I think this idea is not less doubtful from the points of view of 
>> physics than inhumi
>> crossing through the void. The tides would be much more catastrophic 
>> than
>> described by Wolfe. There is Roche limit (about 9000 km for Earth) 
>> when the
>> orbiting planet will be destroyed by tidal forces. Since this is not 
>> correctly described
>> by Wolfe (and it is not a story told by inhumi, but Wolfe's 
>> description of
>> the system), I rather agree that in this case it is loose physics (or 
>> maybe GW
>> is amusing himself with some "naive" errors).
>
> Conjunction doesn't need to be THAT close. Since the atmospheres can't 
> actually touch (although that would be cool), the planets just need to 
> be closer than usual. if the inhumi evolved for space flight between 
> Green and Blue at conjunction they only need to be able to accomplish 
> space flight between Green and Blue at conjunction.
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