Talk:List of minor Foundation universe characters

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[edit] Lord Dorwin and the Origin Question

I don't think it's obvious that Earth is the Origin Planet, only based on the Calendar.

1st: the Galactic Standard Day is 86400 seconds, and by Year 20000 or so tidal friction would have increased Earth's Day by something like 0.3 seconds - and since most planets had periods from 22 to 26 hours, there would be about 2000 other planets whose period would be a better fit than Earth.

2nd: it seems unlikely that leap years would still exist in Galactic Years, making them last 365 days. Again, this would not fit Earth's Year.

But of course all this is not important, because the simplest explanation is that the list of stars does not correspond to the same stars that we know. Arcturus and Sirius aren't nice places to get habitable planets. Albmont 01:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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