A science-fiction tale describes a
x,;j cilsoo9 *t 8/l1/7ojfm 9gtut uxn artificial "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
8cj u/gjiltt1*u;fmo9ts,o lo 97xx/sun 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?