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Originally Posted by ericthered
Question 17 [FRG]
Which end (or side) of Calledron gets sunlight first and darkness last? How gradual or sudden is that event?
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Answer 17 [FRG]- Dawn, Dusk & Daylight
Taking the snout-end to be the South and the neck-end to be the North, the day-night terminator sweeps across the landscape from the SSE on a 30 degree angle, taking just half an hour to cross the basin. However, ninety minutes before dawn, the Claw lights up the landscape with bright rays of reflected light, then later, the first morning sunlight hits the 150 mile high east-side canine and its massed banks of cloud to scatter light through the atmosphere, so dawn isn't exactly a sudden event.
ETA: The day is only short, with about 8 hours of directly illuminated daylight and 16 hours of night. /ETA
Dusk isn't so impressive, as the last light of the day kind of just slinks off over the low rim of the North.
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Some numbers if anyone wants to do more calculations:
Fragment sphere is 100,000 miles diameter
Sun is at radial centre
Calledron is 30,000 miles from the sun (compared to Earth-Moon of 240,000 miles)
Calledron's 4,000 mile length subtends a 7.5 degree angle at the sun
The teeth, in proportion to the skull for real crocs, would be 150 miles high for the canines, and maybe 10-15 miles for the other teeth (twice the height of Everest)
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Question 20 [FRG]- Fragment's Sun
What is it? What does it look like?