Thank you, Janus! I do appreciate it all. I'm trying to add a little science to my fiction - and I see I've got some more work to do.
(Sorry, I would've responded earlier, but I've been out-of-pocket for a couple days.)
I appreciate everyone's feedback, and for putting up with my complete...
Janus, I never considered a perfectly circular orbit. I want it to be like the majority of the universe's orbits - eliptical. I didn't think it would ever be perfectly in synch, but I did assume that at some point it might become a little more stable than the Moon is to the Earth.
Like I said...
Yes! Exactly, Janus!
I figured it would be easier to keep axial tilt to a minimum - primarily to make the math a bit easier, but also because it just seemed to me to make sense that a planet tidally locked to a red dwarf might simply *be* a bit more rigid in its movements.
I have *zero*...
Thanks, Bob!
I'm afraid I muddled up my previous question - as if that was possible - by referring to the position of the sun in the sky as "seasons."
Assuming the planet's elliptical orbit causes the perceived "wobble," that should make some change in where exactly the light is hitting...
Okay, I'm nervous. I feel a bit like I'm standing in front of an auditorium and am about to make a speech...
I'm a fiction writer...
Wait! Don't go yet!
I'm one of these hillbilies who *needs* some help!
I'm working on a science fiction bit and I do believe in research. I'm always...