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Carntith Hallus
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Posted - 2006.05.02 11:58:00 -
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In EVE, I was wondering why the planets are so far away from the sun? I mean, its not like they should be really close, but AU's (For those who dont know  ) Are lightyears this means that it would take about 100 years for light to reach the planets in some systems. I mean some planets might do this in RL, But every single one? My warp speed goes superluminal, but it seems quite slow considering how fast light goes, and why are solarsystems 1000 AU wide? (Might be exagerating there, but you get my point.) 1000 Years for light to reach a stargate. I mean seriously c[=
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Jin Jemai
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Posted - 2006.05.02 12:11:00 -
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This really isn't the correct forum for this just fyi, but also,AU's are completely different from lightyears.
Lightyear = Aprox 10 million million KM.
AU = Aprox 150 million KM
Can click the links there to see the pages I got this info from.
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NoNamium
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Posted - 2006.05.02 12:12:00 -
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AU = Astronomical Unit
1 AU = Distance from the earth to the sun = 8 light Minutes
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Octeo
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Posted - 2006.05.02 12:12:00 -
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AU means Astronomical Unit, and is the distance from the sun to Earth.
It's only 8.5 lightminutes, or 150mil km.
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Kindling
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Posted - 2006.05.02 12:58:00 -
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Some more useless info about these distances if anyone is interested.
Just to put the distances into perspective:
Sun <-> Earth = 1 AU
Sun <-> Jupiter = 5.2 AU
Sun <-> Pluto = 39.5 AU
These are all from the center of the solar system to the different planets. Getting from one planet to another could be alot longer depending on where they are in relation to each other at the moment. So distance between Neptune and Pluto could be anything between 10 and 70 AU. These are roughly the warp distances I see in EVE too, so they seem quite normal.
In the system I'm currently in (Villore), the closest planet is about 0.5 AU from the sun, and the farthest is roughly 30 AU away. Quite consistent with the data from our own solar system. I guess the devs have done their homework on this one 
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Astrum Ludus
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Posted - 2006.05.02 15:56:00 -
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They should do something with the planets in Eve so you have a reason to visit them.
They're just boring at the moment!
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Haulix
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Posted - 2006.05.02 19:11:00 -
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Don't be mixing up AU and Parsec (which is what I think you were thinking of when you said that AU are lightyears). Parsecs are truly large, lightyears are large and AU is itty bitty. Pluto is a long way away and it is only 5 1/2 light hours from the sun (though it really shouldn't be called a planet - it is a Kuiper belt object). And even the largest solar system wouldn't even come close to a lightyear across (depending where you stop measuring - the heliopause is generally where we stop measuring - but this is still only approx 85 to 120 AU from the sun). Even if we treble that for the largest solar system - 360 au is only ~ 50 light hours.
1 parsec = 3.26 lightyear = 206265 AU = 3.086 + 10^13 kilometers = a long, long way.
Taking the average child's tricycle, it would take you 1.174 Billion years to cycle this. Longer than life has been on earth (unless you're a creationist)...
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McCool
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Posted - 2006.05.06 22:07:00 -
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Oort cloud is the edge of our solarsystem, its said to be up to 100 000 AU from the sun. thats a few warp even for a interceptor :)
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B0rn2KiLL
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Posted - 2006.05.07 09:07:00 -
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 Originally by: Astrum Ludus
They should do something with the planets in Eve so you have a reason to visit them.
They're just boring at the moment!
plnetery conquest 
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Tab'Fren
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Posted - 2006.05.17 01:41:00 -
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Originally by: Haulix
Taking the average child's tricycle, it would take you 1.174 Billion years to cycle this. Longer than life has been on earth (unless you're a creationist)...
Rather depends on the speed of your tricycle, chief! Mine's got some serious go-juice... I could prolly make it in ony 1 billion years if something is chasing me :P
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Shoele Lialos
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Posted - 2006.05.17 14:10:00 -
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Since the Earth travels around the sun in a slightly elliptical orbit, it is not a constant distance from the sun. An AU is actually the average distance between the Earth and the Sun.
For anyone wondering which "average" it is, it is the arithmetic mean (not to be confused with the harmonic mean, or the geometric mean).
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XenoGaunt
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Posted - 2006.05.17 14:34:00 -
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as the others said, AU isnt equal to Lightyears, so the scale is right, would be stupid to make all the distances really wrong hehe
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Kuolematon
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Posted - 2006.05.18 06:33:00 -
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Originally by: Haulix
Taking the average child's tricycle, it would take you 1.174 Billion years to cycle this. Longer than life has been on earth (unless you're a creationist)...
Thats just sick. Hope you get warned! 
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Cesmirani
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Posted - 2006.05.18 12:16:00 -
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Originally by: Carntith Hallus
...... but AU's (For those who dont know ) Are lightyears.....
Actually, 1AU as others have stated correctly, is the distance between the earth and the sun. (149,597,870.691km to be exact (depending on who's tape measure you are using and who was holding the other end at the time))
So working on this measurement the planets aren't actually as far from the sun as ur thinking!
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