Talk:Mesklin

I've played around a little with parameters for cropping File:Mesklin diagrams.svg using {{CSS image crop}} to only show one of the two diagrams, in case that's something we might want to do. I'll copy what I've come up with here, since it might be useful down the line. I made two versions of the second diagram, one with wider "framing" and one more tightly framed.

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Diagram of the cross-sectional shape of Mesklin, with approximate values for the effective surface gravity at various latitudes (in multiples of Earth gravity). The dashed lines are polar circles. The shaded circle in the middle represents the size of Earth on the same scale. Reproduction of diagram by Hal Clement, originally published in his article "Whirligig World", Astounding Science Fiction, June 1953.[1]: 108  Diagram of Mesklin's orbit, with approximate isotherms and times of crossing them. Reproduction of diagram by Hal Clement, originally published in his article "Whirligig World", Astounding Science Fiction, June 1953.[2]: 103  Diagram of Mesklin's orbit, with approximate isotherms and times of crossing them. Reproduction of diagram by Hal Clement, originally published in his article "Whirligig World", Astounding Science Fiction, June 1953.[3]: 103  References [1] Clement, Hal (June 1953). Campbell, John W. Jr. (ed.). "Whirligig World". Astounding Science Fiction. Vol. LI, no. 4. Street & Smith. pp. 102–114. [2] Clement, Hal (June 1953). Campbell, John W. Jr. (ed.). "Whirligig World". Astounding Science Fiction. Vol. LI, no. 4. Street & Smith. pp. 102–114. [3] Clement, Hal (June 1953). Campbell, John W. Jr. (ed.). "Whirligig World". Astounding Science Fiction. Vol. LI, no. 4. Street & Smith. pp. 102–114.

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TompaDompa (talk) 21:52, 13 January 2026 (UTC)