Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) -LONG POST!

Brian Bell wrote:
> While there is no official scale of time or distance, someone (Steve
> Pugh?)
> did some figures based on a 12" diameter earth size planet. The
results
> were that
> time was about 15-20 minutes and each inch (") was about 1/4 light
> second.

Eh? This means the earth size planet is 3 light seconds, or 900 000km
across.

Methinks something isn't right.  (8-)

J.

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