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Post #21by jestr » 05.05.2004, 21:57

Cheers for your help Runar and Jeam ,I wonder does it say much in the book about how close to the sun Gallia travels-I notice in your notes Runar that it doesnt seem to cross the orbit of Mercury which makes a kind of sense as if it went that close surely it would get kinda hot,Jestr

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Post #22by rthorvald » 05.05.2004, 22:24

jestr wrote:does it say much in the book about how close to the sun Gallia travels


The only comment about this i have found is Servadac?s guess that they are 110000000 kilometers from the sun, just before passing Venus (remember, in the book, Gallia passes Venus after perihelion).

In general, the data are very vague in the beginning of the story, and becomes more exact the further one reads. I think this was to empathize that the travelers had to find out everything about their predicament themselves; they don?t even know they are on a comet until halfway through the book).

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Post #23by rthorvald » 06.05.2004, 15:49

Jestr has written the XYZ, so i?ll post it -with an update - on my site sometime tonight. Maybe some screenshots in the Add-On forum too, if i get the time. To everybody who participated in this thread, and expecially to Jestr, thanks for all the help...

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Post #24by Jeam Tag » 06.05.2004, 16:25

rthorvald wrote:Jestr has written the XYZ, so i?ll post it -with an update - on my site sometime tonight.-rthorvald
Great, Thanks to Jestr and You, Runar. I've found a little comment about the astronomic references of the Gallia's travel: http://wwwusr.obspm.fr/~crovisie/promenade/verne_astro.htmlalas, this is in french, and I can't translate well all the scientific explanations- The author have noticed that there was No Asteroid called Nerina in 1878 ...but it seems that there was one now, discovered in 1934 :-) Jeam
Catalogue des ajouts /Catalog for the Add-Ons in French
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Post #25by rthorvald » 06.05.2004, 19:37

Jeam Tag wrote:... comment about the astronomic references of the Gallia's travel: http://wwwusr.obspm.fr/~crovisie/promenade/verne_astro.htmlalas, this is in french


Interesting link - i ran it through Babelfish. Also nice to know Verne?s data actually was off.

Anyway, everything is online now. Hope you like it.

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Post #26by chris » 07.05.2004, 02:00

What a beautiful add-on--these are some of the best Celestia screenshots I've seen!

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