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Old January 24th, 2002, 03:54 PM
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Default Re: Comets

The orbital period of a comet is comparable to the orbital period of a planet. If we can ignore planetary motion, we can ignore comet motion.
Or, approximate it by having comets appear randomly, and move 3 to 5 squares past the star(s) before dissapearing again.

[ 24 January 2002: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]

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