Re: Stars (was: RE: [OFFICIAL] Background thoughts(Size of Human Space))

At 02:01 PM 9/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Also, 2300 AD has a nice system for placing planets... they do some
>fiddling with the temperature of the star to determine a 'life zone'
>where temperatures on a planet's surface will be vaguely Earthlike.

There are a number of writers guides for science fiction that include
the
same calculations. I have at least two books with the surface
temperature
calculation, and they are easier to find than the 2300AD game.

Allan Goodall:	agoodall@sympatico.ca 
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