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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld_series Imagine a slice of a Dyson sphere, about one earth wide and one earth deep.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYeah. Ringworld was written way before that and Dyson thought it was a cool idea. Glad to see it used in other stories.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThough its important to note that the halos aren’t true ringworlds, they aren’t nearly big enough.
minus-squareJayTreemanlinkfedilink3•1 year agoI guess the big difference is it doesn’t encircle the sun
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoBasically. The the whole idea is that it’s 1 AU out so it’s in the habitable zone, spinning fast enough to simulate 1 gravity. Stats for nerds.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld_series
Imagine a slice of a Dyson sphere, about one earth wide and one earth deep.
Or the halo from the game ‘halo’
Yeah. Ringworld was written way before that and Dyson thought it was a cool idea. Glad to see it used in other stories.
Though its important to note that the halos aren’t true ringworlds, they aren’t nearly big enough.
I guess the big difference is it doesn’t encircle the sun
Basically. The the whole idea is that it’s 1 AU out so it’s in the habitable zone, spinning fast enough to simulate 1 gravity. Stats for nerds.
Also known as a Banks orbital.