Shape of the Whorl

John Smith · 23 Jan 2009, 20:40 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: jsmith2627 at att.net (John Smith)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:40:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) Shape of the Whorl
In-Reply-To: <2518.68966.qm at web37602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <624495.33501.qm at web180003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I think the Whorl has to be close to perfect cylinder.?? If not, it would wobble as it spins.

Best wishes,

Jack

--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com>
Subject: (urth) Shape of the Whorl
To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 7:03 PM

All this talk reminds me: I never can remember if the Whorl itself is actually
cylindrical or if it's more oblong. As I recall, one of the inhumi calls it
a "hollowed-out asteroid" at one point, and that made me try to
remember if there were any descriptions of its exterior apart from the view from
Blue/Green. If it is in fact an asteroid, I would imagine it would be more
oblong. But if the entire thing was artificial, a more pure cylinder might be
appropriate. I've always imagined the interior as looking like a pure
cylinder, but the asteroid comment made me rethink that. (I'll try to find
the inhumi quote when I get home...)

To take this even further, if it's oblong, valley shadows might be more
probable since the Long Sun wouldn't always be *directly* overhead, but at
more of an angle. (Assuming, of course, that the interior curves along both
axes...but I get the feeling that I'm starting to think too much.)

Craig

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