Re: [TML] More Star system generation...
Tim 31 Aug 2016 06:58 UTC
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 07:07:56PM -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> I assume that when I have planets that orbit a near companion star I
> need to promote the orbital zone (hot, habitable, cold), to the warmer
> of the two possible zones, one coming from the primary, and one
> coming from the near companion.
Yes. Normally it would only happen when a dimmer star is orbiting one
of much greater luminosity. Technically you would sum their
insolation, but for a basically exponential scale like the usual orbit
designations taking the maximum would be close enough for game
purposes.
- Tim