The planet Lagash ("Kalgash" in the novel) is constantly illuminated by the six suns of its multiple-star system. Areas of darkness exist in enclosed areas on Lagash, such as caves, tunnels, and windowless rooms, but night never falls, because at least one sun is …

Mar 21, 2018 · The classic Asimov story (and later, book) set on Kalgash, a planet that experiences permanent daytime except for once every 2049 years. In a previous post I set up the Kalgash 6-star system according to the book: Unfortunately, the system falls flat. The planet is not in permanent daytime.

Apr 9, 2018 · In "Nightfall," science-fiction grandmaster Isaac Asimov imagined the potential consequences of nightfall on the planet Kalgash, which experienced permanent daytime except for once every two...

Feb 2, 2018 · Let’s build Kalgash’s planetary/star system and see how it compares to the one proposed by Asimov. In this post I’ll take the setup in Nightfall at face value and see whether it makes sense (spoiler: not so much).

Jul 18, 2014 · We investigate the imaginary world of Kalgash, a planetary system based on the novel "Nightfall" (Asimov & Silverberg, 1991). The system consists of a planet, a moon and an astonishing six suns. The six stars cause the wider universe …

The inhabitants of Kalgash have never seen stars. When the suns begin to set, chaos erupts as civilization faces its end. This gripping narrative explores humanity’s fear of darkness and the struggle between science and religion.

The fictional planet Lagash (Kalgash in the novel adaptation) is located in a stellar system containing six suns (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta are the only ones named in the short story; Onos, Dovim, Trey, Patru, Tano, and Sitha are named in the novel), which keep the whole planet continuously illuminated; total darkness is unknown, and as a ...

Jul 18, 2014 · We investigate the imaginary world of Kalgash, a planetary system based on the novel "Nightfall" (Asimov & Silverberg, 1991). The system consists of a planet, a moon and an...

We investigate the imaginary world of Kalgash, a planetary system based on the novel "Nightfall" (Asimov & Silverberg, 1991). The system consists of a planet, a moon and an astonishing six suns. The six stars cause the wider universe to be invisible to the inhabitants of the planet.

First time accepted submitter jIyajbe (662197) writes Two researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics investigate the imaginary world of Kalgash, a planetary system based on the novel 'Nightfall' (Asimov & Silverberg, 1991). From the arXiv …