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This report reminded me of the Seven Suns artifact in A. C. Clarke's The City and the Stars [1]. OK, this is planets, not stars, but it's cool that Clarke antic
by ridgeguy 3y ago
This report reminded me of the Seven Suns artifact in A. C. Clarke's The City and the Stars [1]. OK, this is planets, not stars, but it's cool that Clarke anticipated this apparently stable configuration.
[1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_and_the_Stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_and_the_Stars
- unsupp0rted 3y agoCool and unsurprising, from the guy who came up with the Clarke Orbit, specifying where geostationary satellites should go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit