A science-fiction tale describes an artificial "planet" in the form of a b
z bq9id)u0p ;yu1, lxiand completely encircling a sun (Fig. 5-40). The inhabitants live on the inside surface (where it is always noon). Imagine that this
uu0zb;d9 ,i1 yl)ixq psun is exactly 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?