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March 29th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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Re: Once in a blue moon.
There's never oxygen moons in SEIV though... Unless it's modded of course.
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March 29th, 2005, 12:35 PM
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Re: Once in a blue moon.
I would say a blue moon is a bit more unlikely, more like every two or three years: there is roughly 354 days between 12 full moons (29.5 days per full moon, again on average), leaving 11 days on the average year for a 13th full moon, so the odds of it would fall somewhere between 1/2 and 1/3.
Though I haven't checked their calculations (I gather they are much better at maths than myself), this calculator gives 9 blue moons between 2004 and 2024. |
March 29th, 2005, 12:50 PM
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Re: Once in a blue moon.
It appears the number I pulled was counting the current definition of blue moon and the old definition of the third full moon in a season of four full moons. Which apparently was very important for the old lunar Christian ecclesiastical calendar. Thirteen moons a year would throw it all out so ignoring one of the moons as a 'Blue Moon' kept it all together.
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March 29th, 2005, 06:42 PM
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Re: Once in a blue moon.
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There's never oxygen moons in SEIV though... Unless it's modded of course.
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It is entirely possible for two planets in the same ring to be randomly chosen for the same location. In that case, one will be the moon of the other, and since most of these are ANY/ANY/ANY, there is a fair chance for the moon to be oxy
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Re: Once in a blue moon.
I always thought that a 'Blue Moon' meant just that - The moon looks blue - Because I have actually observed this phonomenon.
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March 30th, 2005, 02:17 AM
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Re: Once in a blue moon.
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There's never oxygen moons in SEIV though... Unless it's modded of course.
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It is entirely possible for two planets in the same ring to be randomly chosen for the same location. In that case, one will be the moon of the other, and since most of these are ANY/ANY/ANY, there is a fair chance for the moon to be oxy
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I don't think so - or at least I've never seen it happen in stock SE:IV. |
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