With this post i have to be honest that i am not planning to put it to use in any of my current stories. I open this post simply out of curiosity and considering the magnificent results i received from my "space people" thread, i thought why not post another idea to think on.
How would an earthlike planet caught between two suns function? I am thinking that the planet is situated at the point where the gravitational pull of both suns are equally powerful. The planet hovers in the same space at the same spot. The equator would be a ring of ice and the poles are tropical zones. Warmth distribution by sea would be cut in half so to speak due to the icering. Biological exchange would also be made difficult by this ring. The two sides of the planet could therefore be extremely different, with different species populating them. This is all i can think of, so what ideas can your creative minds come up with?
How would an earthlike planet caught between two suns function? I am thinking that the planet is situated at the point where the gravitational pull of both suns are equally powerful. The planet hovers in the same space at the same spot. The equator would be a ring of ice and the poles are tropical zones. Warmth distribution by sea would be cut in half so to speak due to the icering. Biological exchange would also be made difficult by this ring. The two sides of the planet could therefore be extremely different, with different species populating them. This is all i can think of, so what ideas can your creative minds come up with?