Activity for 2012rcampion‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: How do seasons work in a binary system (planet orbits one star, not both)? Update I've updated my CDF to handle eccentric orbits and customization of star brightness, and (more importantly) to show long-term seasonal effects. A few notes: Mousing over any of the parameters in the upper-left will show a tooltip with its name. Note that the luminosity slider only adjust... (more)	—	over 9 years ago
Question	—	Entry requirements for a Type n civilization This question about genetics (not required reading) contains the phrase "science of a Type II civilization." This got me to thinking: although we intuitively know what this means, does this actually tell us anything? After all, the only requirement to advance on the Kardashev scale is to have the c... (more)	—	over 9 years ago
Question	—	Can free-space holograms exist? Holograms are a real thing. But what science-fiction TV shows and movies call holograms are something different entirely. From a classical geometric optics standpoint, in order to create the illusion of an object there must be some sort of light-emitting or light-modulating surface along the line f... (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Question	—	Traffic in Space (a traffic controller for low earth orbit) In a future where space travel is common, how would access to space be regulated? From what I know, currently the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) assigns slots for geostationary satellites (since the range of geostationary is essentially one-dimensional and otherwise interference would c... (more)	—	about 10 years ago