P2_6 Celestial Christmas

Authors

  • Joseph Duggan University of Leicester
  • Gregor Gillan University of Leicester
  • Luke Meehan University of Leicester
  • Alex Tyrrell University of Leicester

Abstract

Sadly, Christmas is an exclusively earthbound event and so this paper looks at the possibility of
spreading the joys of Christmas across the galaxy by covering the surface of Earth with suitably
festive LED lights. We found that covering the entire planet with standard LEDs would give the
planet an absolute bolometric magnitude of 32.49 and could only be detectable up to 20 pc away by aliens with equivalent technology to us.

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Published

16-12-2020

How to Cite

Duggan, J., Gillan, G., Meehan, L., & Tyrrell, A. (2020). P2_6 Celestial Christmas. Physics Special Topics, 19(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/3733

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles