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In a quick glance at the blog, I didn't see any mention of Larry Niven's Ringworld. Did I overlook it?

After that book was written, many people analyzed the celestial mechanics of hoops around suns and their associated problems. One problem in particular is that a hoop (or torroidal) world doesn't have a stable orbit with reference to a central sun: there's no net radial restoring force. A relatively recent discussion of this is at https://physics.stackexchange.com/questi...able/41257
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Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-22-2018, 12:21 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Drashner1 - 04-22-2018, 01:35 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by stevebowers - 04-22-2018, 03:20 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-22-2018, 04:18 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by selden - 04-22-2018, 04:47 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-22-2018, 09:08 PM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Drashner1 - 04-22-2018, 05:09 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Rynn - 04-22-2018, 10:56 PM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-22-2018, 11:36 PM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Rynn - 04-22-2018, 11:55 PM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-23-2018, 12:19 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Drashner1 - 04-23-2018, 02:03 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Rynn - 04-23-2018, 04:42 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-23-2018, 05:09 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Rynn - 04-23-2018, 05:14 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Drashner1 - 04-30-2018, 01:10 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by srjskam - 04-30-2018, 02:14 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by Rynn - 04-30-2018, 02:35 AM
RE: Greetings and a Question - by stevebowers - 04-30-2018, 07:27 AM

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