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Subject: Re: Pern Question
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 14:24:17 EST
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From: Susser.PASA@Xerox.ARPA

I always guessed that Pern was small and had a low surface gravity, but
I think your calculation may be based on a false assumption.  I do not
think that the length of a Pernese day was ever given in anything
corresponding to Earth time.  I don't have my Pern books handy, but I
remember the scene when F'lar was computing the times of threadfall, and
how I thought that there didn't seem to be twenty-four hours in a day.
Even then, a Pernese hour may not be the same as an Terran hour.  So, if
the day were shorter or longer (either in measured hours or in real
time), then Pern could be larger.  I always thought of Pern as being
about Mars' size and gravity.

-- Josh Susser (Susser.pasa@Xerox.arpa)