A6_2 How Hot is Tatooine

Authors

  • Elliott Keith Day University of Leicester
  • Massimiliano Favaro-Bedford University of Leicester
  • Joseph Keith Mayes University of Leicester
  • Christopher Philip Wallis University of Leicester
  • Rafferty James Lindon University of Leicester

Abstract

Tatooine is a fictional terrestrial planet from the Star Wars universe which orbits a set of binary stars. By considering the classification of its Suns, Tatoo I and Tatoo II, and the planets orbital period we were able to find the radius of Tatooine’s orbit, 1.15 Au. It was then possible to work out the varying solar constants for Tatooine depending on its position relative to both Suns, allowing us to calculate an average daytime temperature range of 42.3 celcius to −10.7 celcius.

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Published

10/31/2018

How to Cite

Day, E. K., Favaro-Bedford, M., Mayes, J. K., Wallis, C. P., & Lindon, R. J. (2018). A6_2 How Hot is Tatooine. Physics Special Topics, 17(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2908

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2018): Physics Special Topics

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