Need help with a novel (astronomy)

[Don't Panic]

If I could do those kinds of calculations I wouldn't need help!

The Earth's orbit around the sun is approx 584,336,233.56770154235405166928999 using these figures.

That matches up pretty closely with the figures here: http://library.thinkquest.org/25401/dat ... index.html

[Don't Panic]

I think it's peach, as in, ain't it peachy keen how them maths work!

Remember that if you have inhabited planets that they need to be in the habitable zone (there's another word for that) around a star.

Goldilocks zone, it only applies to life as we know it though.

[SebastianP]

I think it's peach, as in, ain't it peachy keen how them maths work!

Remember that if you have inhabited planets that they need to be in the habitable zone (there's another word for that) around a star.

I've always wondered, if a habitable planet is much bigger than earth, would life evolve bigger animals with bigger muscles to compensate for the higher gravity, or would it evolve smaller animals that are lighter?

And you can get away with things that might not really work anyway. The planet in Pitch Black had three suns, and yet still managed to be pitched into total darkness, all the while evolving animals that were ultra-sensitive to light.

Thank you, that's actually very helpful!

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