Comments on: the red sun of krypton https://globalspin.com/2007/04/the-red-sun-of-krypton/ a glimpse into the tiny mind of Chris Radcliff Sat, 01 May 2010 03:53:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Deana https://globalspin.com/2007/04/the-red-sun-of-krypton/comment-page-1/#comment-47502 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:36:16 +0000 http://globalspin.com/2007/04/24/973/#comment-47502 I actually wasn’t assuming a tilt. I wasn’t sure there would be seasons. Although it is fun to imagine it turning once a day on a tilted axis with super fast plants growing and flowering and dying and growing and flowering and dying and animals that have a 3 day period of hibernation….

]]> By: Chris https://globalspin.com/2007/04/the-red-sun-of-krypton/comment-page-1/#comment-47419 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:38:15 +0000 http://globalspin.com/2007/04/24/973/#comment-47419 Those are Earth days, too. I doubt they’ve figured out its period of rotation yet. It may be tidally locked the way Mercury is, which would mean its day would be 14 Earth days long as well. If that’s the case, any axial tilt would create “mornings” and “evenings” near the poles instead of seasons.

OK, that was too much for my brain to produce this early in the morning. I’m going back to the comics.

]]> By: deb https://globalspin.com/2007/04/the-red-sun-of-krypton/comment-page-1/#comment-47372 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:47:47 +0000 http://globalspin.com/2007/04/24/973/#comment-47372 Short ones.

p.s. You are also assuming it is tilted on its imaginary axis; it may not be.

]]> By: Deana https://globalspin.com/2007/04/the-red-sun-of-krypton/comment-page-1/#comment-47370 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:19:51 +0000 http://globalspin.com/2007/04/24/973/#comment-47370 What kind of seasons would a planet with a 14 day orbit have? Hmmm….

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