A science-fiction tale describes an artif
e0 p0rp:xrlb: fv 4pym. ,gke+icial "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 exactly like our own, that the distanc
k 0 p xr p+b:vler4pm:ye0.,gfe 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?