where the planet doesn't rotate!
OMG! Yes! It took me the longest time to figure out what that was all about, because nobody ever mentions it! As if it's no big deal. Light side, dark side, yada yada.
t boggles
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Consuela - Aug 27, 2004 5:23:49 am PDT #7186 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Vonnie K - Aug 27, 2004 5:29:25 am PDT #7187 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I enjoyed Broca Divide, bad make-up and all. Cheesetastic as hell, but... you know, *fun* cheese. And Janet with her medical epiphany was so cute! It was Teryl Rothery's first episode, right? She immediately made a very favorable impression on me, which none of her rotating possible successors have managed to do thus far.
::misses Janet::
Nutty - Aug 27, 2004 6:41:49 am PDT #7188 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Light side, dark side, yada yada.
Wait, if it's a planet in orbit around a larger body, doesn't that mean it does rotate, just really really slowly? I mean, if the same face is always towards the sun, then that face has to rotate so that one rotation is exactly the length of one orbit, and both in the same direction.
Right? Right? Am I envisioning this backwards?
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 6:43:36 am PDT #7189 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You're right, Nutty. It's a planet whose year is the same length as its day.
Still hideously uninhabitable, though, since one side freezes and the other boils.
Katie M - Aug 27, 2004 6:47:23 am PDT #7190 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Er, yes. (Oops.)
Consuela - Aug 27, 2004 6:51:32 am PDT #7191 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Er, yes. (Oops.)
The fun bit is they NEVER MENTION IT.
It took me way too long to figure it out. Stupid people.
And yes, Teryl Rothery was lovely. I will miss her.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 6:53:25 am PDT #7192 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I will miss her.
I like missing her, though. I mean, I don't want her back, because it's a sweet little sorrow I have going on mourning her.
Nutty - Aug 27, 2004 6:53:48 am PDT #7193 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Still hideously uninhabitable, though, since one side freezes and the other boils.
Aha. Would this be the fault of how far away the planet is from the sun, or if our day suddenly became a year long would the dark side freeze and the bright side boil? I mean, it gets colder at night, but not that much colder right now. Really? Freeze/boil? Planets are very heat-inefficient, aren't they?
And what about seasonal tilt? Maybe just the dark side equator would be too cold and the bright side equator too hot, as the poles got their fair share of sun.
I realize I am thinking hard about an episode of Stargate I have no intention of seeing. But, it's interesting.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 7:19:41 am PDT #7194 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The boilingness and freezingness are dependent on distance, yes. And the more atmosphere and cloud cover you get, the more the temperature is evened out. It seems unlikely that there'd be Earth-relevant life on a planet like that, but what do I know.
Mercury is kinda like that -- the day and year are similar lengths, but it's close to the sun and has no atmosphere anyway, so dramatically unlivable.
I know I have a book that talks about this at home. I'll try and remember to look it up.
DCJensen - Aug 27, 2004 7:52:04 am PDT #7195 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
It also seems unlikely the gate would be built on the dark side. The demarcation line must move over long periods of time, revealing the Stargate to the daylight.
I'm stumped as to how the demarcation could stay in one place for any length of time, tho.
It could be like our Moon, which rotates in such a way that it faces Earth with mostly the same side.
I'm thinking the theory that it's an eclipsed planet is more likely, and that the bright side does get night, even though it was not shown. Maybe even the days are longer.