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| Keywords: Gor-orbit-diagram.svg Abstract diagram of the three-mooned planet Gor in earth's orbit but opposite to earth i e the counter-earth or antichthon as described in the Gor series of science-fiction books by author John Norman The diagram is obviously not to scale -- the sizes of the planets moons sun and of the lunar orbits are all greatly exaggerated relative to the size of the earth's orbit around the sun while the size of the sun relative to the earth and the relative separation of the orbits of the three moons around Gor are greatly under-stated Self-made image converted from a version of the following PostScript vector source code <pre> 306 396 translate/x 2 sqrt mul 2 div def 3 setlinewidth 0 0 201 5 0 360 arc closepath stroke 1 5 setlinewidth 0 0 48 0 360 arc closepath gsave 1 833 167 setrgbcolor fill grestore stroke gsave 1 833 167 setrgbcolor 22 5 rotate 8 57 6 6 moveto 57 -6 6 lineto 100 75 0 lineto closepath fill 45 rotate repeat grestore 200 0 24 0 360 arc closepath gsave 1 54 72 setrgbcolor fill grestore stroke 200 0 24 90 270 arc closepath gsave 2 8 1 setrgbcolor fill grestore stroke -200 0 24 0 360 arc closepath gsave 1 54 72 setrgbcolor fill grestore stroke -200 0 24 -90 90 arc closepath gsave 2 8 1 setrgbcolor fill grestore stroke 2 setlinewidth 200 0 63 0 360 arc closepath stroke -200 0 48 0 360 arc closepath stroke -200 0 67 0 360 arc closepath stroke -200 0 84 0 360 arc closepath stroke 1 5 setlinewidth 200 63 x sub 63 x 12 0 360 arc closepath gsave 54 setgray fill grestore stroke 200 63 x sub 63 x 12 90 270 arc closepath gsave 89 setgray fill grestore stroke -200 40 cos 48 mul add 40 sin 48 mul 10 0 360 arc closepath gsave 54 setgray fill grestore stroke -200 40 cos 48 mul add 40 sin 48 mul 10 -90 90 arc closepath gsave 89 setgray fill grestore stroke -200 67 2 div add 67 3 sqrt mul 2 div 8 5 0 360 arc closepath gsave 54 setgray fill grestore stroke -200 67 2 div add 67 3 sqrt mul 2 div 8 5 -90 90 arc closepath gsave 89 setgray fill grestore stroke -200 84 x add 84 x 7 0 360 arc closepath gsave 54 setgray fill grestore stroke -200 84 x add 84 x 7 -90 90 arc closepath gsave 89 setgray fill grestore stroke showpage EOF</pre> 2011 AnonMoos For the historical Pythagorean counter-earth see File Antichthon svg / File Antichthon jpg John Norman Fictional planets Astronomical diagrams Images with PostScript source code | ||||
