Comments on: T Pyxidis http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/ All your base are belong to us Fri, 18 May 2012 16:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: BeRKA http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/comment-page-1/#comment-12388 BeRKA Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:49:05 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/#comment-12388 Welcome to my blog. I hope you find something else you like here. I think you are my first poster from India. Welcome to my blog. I hope you find something else you like here. I think you are my first poster from India.

]]> By: vibhor bhutani http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/comment-page-1/#comment-12382 vibhor bhutani Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:37:14 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/#comment-12382 i am just crazy about the universe.. i wish i would be able to see the rare happening supernova i am just crazy about the universe.. i wish i would be able to see the rare happening supernova

]]> By: BeRKA http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/comment-page-1/#comment-12360 BeRKA Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:56:33 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/#comment-12360 I promise I write something when the first terrestrial exo-planet is found. I promise I write something when the first terrestrial exo-planet is found.

]]> By: OjnoTheRed http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/comment-page-1/#comment-12313 OjnoTheRed Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:53:39 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/#comment-12313 That Fomalhaut article is a good one, too! I'd say Marc Miller and GDW must have done some astronomy to get so much physics etc. correct on the star. It's funny, but when exo-planets started being discovered through indirect methods, what struck me was a comparison to the extended system generation in Traveller. The discoveries are re-writing the rule-book (as it were) on what systems look like: for instance, there are DMs in the Traveller extended system creation that suggest Gas Giants occur in colder parts of a star system only, with long orbital periods. This is modelled on our solar system, of course. But now we've discovered massive gas giants orbiting close to stars with ultra-tight orbital periods. It makes you realise that before now, we've really only had a sample of one system to go on! Ahhhh, the imagination is stirred and stirred again. I'll have to have a re-read of Alien Module 6 now. ;) That Fomalhaut article is a good one, too! I’d say Marc Miller and GDW must have done some astronomy to get so much physics etc. correct on the star.

It’s funny, but when exo-planets started being discovered through indirect methods, what struck me was a comparison to the extended system generation in Traveller. The discoveries are re-writing the rule-book (as it were) on what systems look like: for instance, there are DMs in the Traveller extended system creation that suggest Gas Giants occur in colder parts of a star system only, with long orbital periods. This is modelled on our solar system, of course. But now we’ve discovered massive gas giants orbiting close to stars with ultra-tight orbital periods. It makes you realise that before now, we’ve really only had a sample of one system to go on!

Ahhhh, the imagination is stirred and stirred again. I’ll have to have a re-read of Alien Module 6 now. ;)

]]> By: BeRKA http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/comment-page-1/#comment-12308 BeRKA Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:37:16 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/#comment-12308 About the idea to tie in world astronomy to Traveller. I also wrote something about <a href="http://zho.berka.com/2008/11/23/fomalhaut/" rel="nofollow">Fomalhaut</a> when a new planet around that star was found. About the idea to tie in world astronomy to Traveller. I also wrote something about Fomalhaut when a new planet around that star was found.

]]> By: OjnoTheRed http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/comment-page-1/#comment-12307 OjnoTheRed Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:23:34 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/01/07/t-pyxidis/#comment-12307 First time poster, long time player of Traveller, recent returnee to the game. Great post - I read the doomsday version of the article, and I was greatful for the link to the discovery article. Great idea to tie in real world astronomy to Traveller. Huge challenge for a referee! First time poster, long time player of Traveller, recent returnee to the game. Great post – I read the doomsday version of the article, and I was greatful for the link to the discovery article. Great idea to tie in real world astronomy to Traveller. Huge challenge for a referee!

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