Activity for Thucydides‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: How much does my secondary star heat the planet orbiting my primary star? Heat is transmitted by photons in the IR spectrum (or reflected photons shifting to longer IR wavelengths), so the short answer is the amount of extra heat is proportionate to the amount of extra light the second star provides. In order to make any detailed calculations, we would need to know the orb... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can I safely brighten my secondary star? Stellar engineering is going to be quite difficult and expensive, but there are a few ways to increase the apparent light output of the secondary star in the binary system if the civilization is advanced enough. The first and possibly easiest approach would be to simply focus the incoming solar radi... (more)	—	about 9 years ago