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The planet is basically irrelevant for the problem. It just suffers through whatever the three suns are doing. I don't remember if the exact orders of magnitude
by yau8edq12i 3y ago
The planet is basically irrelevant for the problem. It just suffers through whatever the three suns are doing. I don't remember if the exact orders of magnitude are given in the book (it goes into a lot of detail, but maybe not that much). But if it's like our Earth vs our Sun, our Earth's mass is one millionth of that of the Sun. A rounding error in the physical system.
- globular-toast 3y agoSpoilers all over this thread now... It's not irrelevant because a stable era only happens when the planet orbits one of the suns which will depend on the motion of the planet too.
- yau8edq12i 3y agoThe book is 16 years old now... The statute of limitations is passed. The motion of the planet is completely determined by what the three suns are doing, and their motion barely depends on that of the planet.