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thought that the ring was roughly 2AU beyond Neptune's orbit. I wish my paper copies were searchable. Interesting point about the rings... the do not orbit! They are parked at a stationary point in space (relative to host star) with zero angular velocity but they are not pulled inward by gravity. More protomolecle almost magic!– BradVCommented May 23, 2023 at 18:46
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@BradV I have a feeling that my copy of Abaddon's Gare has once said it was beyond Uranus and once beyond Neptune, but I wasn't sure. The wiki says Uranus. That's interesting about the Ring being stationary! Either that hasn't been mentioned yet or I missed it. Weirdly it doesn't make all that difference for the point I'm making here, since everything else is moving. Nobody except scientists cares what absolute side of the system it's on, but someone travelling there from near Uranus or Neptune cares whether it's on the same side as that planet.– BenCommented May 23, 2023 at 23:48
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Regarding ring location... an interesting aspect of the third-person-close style of writing used by 'Corey' is that it allows the perspective of person 1 and person X to be brought forward. Is person 1 or person X fully correct? Gate location seems to be at the builder's discretion. I've been using a tool at ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/orbit_viewer.html to understand various orbital behaviors... and it allows the user to input day/year. VAST distances within our solar system.– BradVCommented Sep 8, 2023 at 2:31
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