William Taylor wrote: > >>> Their orbits may not have been exactly determined. >> >> No - but this is where the Fun lies :-) > > Three moons can be fun.... > Yep. I suspect any stable three-moon system would force them to enter a Laplace resonance - which would simplify the computations of their periods.
> I forget if both smaller moons are inside or outside of the bigger one. > The books don't have this information, they only mention that, by apparent size, Loocen is bigger, followed by Torgen. > With three moons the fun lies in if you're going to have any > double transits or double partial occulations. > There is a strong evidence that Jijo's "month" starts with a conjunction of Loocen and Torgen, however I can't determine if the months uses just Loocen and Torgen, or if the month uses the three moons in their repetitive configurations. BTW, with the Laplace resonance the three moons would _never_ be seen close in the sky. So, Jijoans could say something like "when the three moons are full" or "when the three moons rise" to signify "never" :-) > Look up in the sky. It's a cosmic Mickey Mouse. > No, it's not - they can't be that close. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
