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iansales · 8th June 2007, 02:57 PM

It wouldn't work - a year is the time taken for a planet to circle about its sun. During that period, axial tilt determines the seasons. One is a function of the other.

The only way you could possibly get away with it is by having more than one sun, or having the world as a moon of a gas giant - sort of a year and a Great Year. See the Helliconia trilogy by Brian Aldiss, the Starbridge Chronicles by Paul Park, or Planet of Exile by Ursula Le Guin...

8th June 2007, 02:57 PM	#39 (permalink)
iansales Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 1,719	Re: On Creating Imaginary Worlds: Questions and Answers It wouldn't work - a year is the time taken for a planet to circle about its sun. During that period, axial tilt determines the seasons. One is a function of the other. The only way you could possibly get away with it is by having more than one sun, or having the world as a moon of a gas giant - sort of a year and a Great Year. See the Helliconia trilogy by Brian Aldiss, the Starbridge Chronicles by Paul Park, or Planet of Exile by Ursula Le Guin...