A science-fiction tale describes an
b:uj9n/o 9;l dmd yijs,4 a,qoartificial "planet" in the form of a band completely encircling a sun (Fig. 5-40). The inhabitants live on the inside surface (where it is always noon). Imagine that this sun is e
juobn,d:l9y;m o9 j/ds, 4qia xactly like our own, that the distance to the band is the same as the Earth-Sun distance (to make the climate temperate), and that the ring rotates quickly enough to produce an apparent gravity of g as on Earth. What will be the period of revolution, this planet's year, in Earth days?