That’s 1/12th the actual distance on a map that makes it look longer!
yes
sun is like a big flashlight swinging around in circles. The center doesn’t get much light
But it would get the light continuously, 24 hours a day, rather than only during the daytime. Also, the sun would never set in the north pole. Or, maybe it would never rise? Argh! This is such bullshit.
But it would get the light continuously, 24 hours a day, rather than only during the daytime. Also, the sun would never set in the north pole. Or, maybe it would never rise?
it looks like this:
the light spot is spinning around the center throughout the day
the light spot is spinning around the center throughout the day
Still shines disproportionately on the center, because of the energy/area. The outer ice wall makes a degree of sense, because the volume of area is so much larger than the radiation it receives. But the compressed interior space is getting far more energy by area, even if it exists at the edge of the spotlight. Areas closer to the center of the map should be, on average, much warmer than at the periphery.
I fucking love science btw
Definitely fun for thought experiments like this, even if they are fucking bonkers on their face.
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
of course it’d still make no sense in several other aspects, like the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun’s path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
That’s 1/12th the actual distance on a map that makes it look longer!
But it would get the light continuously, 24 hours a day, rather than only during the daytime. Also, the sun would never set in the north pole. Or, maybe it would never rise? Argh! This is such bullshit.
it looks like this:
the light spot is spinning around the center throughout the day
I fucking love science btw
Still shines disproportionately on the center, because of the energy/area. The outer ice wall makes a degree of sense, because the volume of area is so much larger than the radiation it receives. But the compressed interior space is getting far more energy by area, even if it exists at the edge of the spotlight. Areas closer to the center of the map should be, on average, much warmer than at the periphery.
Definitely fun for thought experiments like this, even if they are fucking bonkers on their face.
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
of course it’d still make no sense in several other aspects, like the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun’s path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)