[TML] Distances/Times To Solar L4/L5 Points

[Richard Aiken]

On 9/23/07, Tyler Randy <randyt0001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The distance to either stargate is equal to the
> distance the planet orbits it's star. Therefore,
> planet Jupiter that is 5AU's from the star has gates
> 5AU's from Jupiter.

So mainworlds which are gas giant moons or asteroid belt planetoids
will be about a week from their stargates at "soft burn," versus not
quite three days for a lifezone mainworld.  That's not enough
difference by itself to make such worlds backwaters, but it would tend
to discourage trade (unless it's on a main, where free traders without
any other way to travel must pass it).

-- 
Richard Aiken

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