Mitali
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I recently read Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (loved it, btw!) in which it's mentioned almost as an aside that Komarr's gravity is less than that of Barrayar. That set me thinking about Barrayar's gravity. Is it the same as that of Earth? And what about other major planets in the Nexus - where do they stand on the gravitational scale? Do spaceships and space stations set their gravity at Earth level?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Barrayar's gravity is within maybe 5% of Earth's, Komarr's enough less to notice. At least if one is Barrayaran.
I would imagine most places with artificial gravity would set it close to Earth-normal, for physiological reasons, but really, anything is possible.
No, I haven't worked out a table of astrographic data for every throw-away line I ever generated. If conditions are enough different from standard for a person to notice or to affect the plot, it might be mentioned, otherwise not. (Or if a person is enough different, I suppose.)
Ta, L.
I would imagine most places with artificial gravity would set it close to Earth-normal, for physiological reasons, but really, anything is possible.
No, I haven't worked out a table of astrographic data for every throw-away line I ever generated. If conditions are enough different from standard for a person to notice or to affect the plot, it might be mentioned, otherwise not. (Or if a person is enough different, I suppose.)
Ta, L.
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