Talk:Sun (Sol)
Echoing Asara, where the hell did that come from? Corvax 05:42, 4 July 2007 (GMT)
- Where did what come from? -- Delphinus @ 09:22, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- All the scientific hoopla about the sun and whatnot. --Askiva @ 10:17, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- Er... Which scientific hoopla? I'm confused. :/ -- Delphinus @ 12:51, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- This is the question that Asara posed: "is it possible I can get the references for this? It smacks too much of IRL astronomy and may not actually apply ICly." --Askiva @ 16:04, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- I know, and I was confused as to what specific points she was referring to, as well. HELP MORNINGSTAR, the events posts surrounding the Eternal Night, and the events posts surrounding Dawn's transformation into the phoenix all served as sources IIRC. But again, I'm not quite sure what part of it smacks of IRL astronomy - elements and life energy are pretty unfamiliar concepts to science, outside of New Age-circles and classical Greece. -- Delphinus @ 22:22, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- This is the question that Asara posed: "is it possible I can get the references for this? It smacks too much of IRL astronomy and may not actually apply ICly." --Askiva @ 16:04, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- Er... Which scientific hoopla? I'm confused. :/ -- Delphinus @ 12:51, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
- All the scientific hoopla about the sun and whatnot. --Askiva @ 10:17, 7 July 2007 (GMT)
Sorry to be replying a bit late! Here are the points I think may have been extrapolated from the real world:
1) "Helios" terminology. Which literature? I know that "Sol" is mentioned with every rising sun, at least world emote-wise.
2) Mention of the sun as the centre of a solar system. The presence of "solar systems" I don't think are an established part of achaean physics as we currently know it.
3) If "solar system" is an appropriate term for how the realm can be described, is the sun the centre? (Seriously!)
4) Size of the sun as thousand times larger.
5) The description of photosynthesis is specific, but probably OK.
Sorry to cause confusion as well, but better to double-check and make sure than offer erroneous information. All of this information may be gimmies in the real world, but it may not apply here. I had also messaged Clementius awhile back and he said he was working on clarifying the relationship of "planets" to the current known world of planes and continents. However, now that Mithraea is the Divine head of the chroniclers, maybe she can help us as to how much of the IRL sun she wants as descibed here for Achaea. Asara 23:52, 7 July 2007 (GMT)