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minus-square@Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•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@thegreekgeek@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish4•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@thegreekgeek@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•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.
minus-square@Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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.
what’s ringworld?
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’
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.
Yeah. Ringworld was written way before that and Dyson thought it was a cool idea. Glad to see it used in other stories.