How do they know that Tatooineâ(TM)s stars were close to each other? Thereâ(TM)s shots of them both in the sky at the same time, but they could be a huge distance apart in the depth axis, and just different sizes.
How do they know that Tatooineâ(TM)s stars were close to each other?
In the movie, they appear to be circular while laterally separated center-to-center by three solar diameters. If they were close to each other, they would experience enormous gravitational distortion. If both suns were the same mass and density as our sun and separated by three diameters, they would orbit each other in less than 24 hours.
Because it was a Sci Fi/Fantasy movie where things don't have to behave according to the laws of physics.
No kidding. They also never explained how a planet that is nothing but desert can sustain life. With no oceans or plants, where does the oxygen come from?
No kidding. They also never explained how a planet that is nothing but desert can sustain life. With no oceans or plants, where does the oxygen come from?
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How do they know that Tatooineâ(TM)s stars were close to each other? Thereâ(TM)s shots of them both in the sky at the same time, but they could be a huge distance apart in the depth axis, and just different sizes.
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How do they know that Tatooineâ(TM)s stars were close to each other?
In the movie, they appear to be circular while laterally separated center-to-center by three solar diameters. If they were close to each other, they would experience enormous gravitational distortion. If both suns were the same mass and density as our sun and separated by three diameters, they would orbit each other in less than 24 hours.
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But this separation don't need to be real. Because the orbit each other, you can see the stars from maximum separation up to one star eclipse another.
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But this separation don't need to be real.
Because it was a Sci Fi/Fantasy movie where things don't have to behave according to the laws of physics.
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Because it was a Sci Fi/Fantasy movie where things don't have to behave according to the laws of physics.
No kidding. They also never explained how a planet that is nothing but desert can sustain life. With no oceans or plants, where does the oxygen come from?
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No kidding. They also never explained how a planet that is nothing but desert can sustain life. With no oceans or plants, where does the oxygen come from?
Spice, natch. Where you been in livin', Reseda?
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