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arXiv:1407.4895 (physics)
[Submitted on 18 Jul 2014 (v1), last revised 27 Aug 2014 (this
version, v2)]

Title:Nightfall: Can Kalgash Exist

Authors:Smaran Deshmukh, Jayant Murthy
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    Abstract:We investigate the imaginary world of Kalgash, a
    planetary system based on the novel "Nightfall" (Asimov &
    Silverberg, 1991). The system consists of a planet, a moon and an
    astonishing six suns. The six stars cause the wider universe to
    be invisible to the inhabitants of the planet. The author
    explores the consequences of an eclipse and the resulting
    darkness which the Kalgash people experience for the first time.
    Our task is to verify if this system is feasible, from the
    duration of the eclipse, the "invisibility" of the universe to
    the complex orbital dynamics.

Comments: 8 pages, Revised arguments on pg. 3 and pg. 6, results
          unchanged
Subjects: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
Cite as:  arXiv:1407.4895 [physics.pop-ph]
          (or arXiv:1407.4895v2 [physics.pop-ph] for this version)
          https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1407.4895
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From: Smaran Deshmukh [view email]
[v1] Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:40:55 UTC (864 KB)
[v2] Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:41:13 UTC (820 KB)
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