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minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAnd the idea of such a big moon was part of why it was largely thought of as an unfounded myth.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAnd it shows how Asimov had zero conception of how ridiculously huge the galaxy is, though that’s just the storylines being a product of their time, probably.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOr he was writing a fiction and knew he could play fast and loose with scientific laws. Asimov wrote non-fiction books about astronomy; I’m sure he knew as much about it as you do.
And the idea of such a big moon was part of why it was largely thought of as an unfounded myth.
And it shows how Asimov had zero conception of how ridiculously huge the galaxy is, though that’s just the storylines being a product of their time, probably.
Or he was writing a fiction and knew he could play fast and loose with scientific laws.
Asimov wrote non-fiction books about astronomy; I’m sure he knew as much about it as you do.