HALTERES- TIME AND MOTION- BAD ASSTRONOMY

CHAPTER H: TIME AND MOTION

Sometime in the distant present, somewhere in the unknown universe, Halteres reigns at its center.  But aren’t we at the center of the universe?  Yes, we are.  So is everyone and everything else.  So let’s get past that and shed some light on Halteres as it relates to, of course, us.

Halteres is tucked away in the midsection of the Sculptor group of superclusters.  Here’s a hierarchical breakdown:

• Universe
• Sculptor Wall
• Glyptis supercluster
• Sympan Galaxy
• Hestia and its solar system
• Halteres

I can only estimate that the entire galactic realm of Halteres is between 100 and 200 million light years away.  You can’t really see it because it lies in the same plane as our galaxy.  It's out there nonetheless.  Don’t worry about the distance.  There are ways around that.  Let’s get to Halteres specifically.

Hestia lies in the belly of its spiral starburst galaxy.  It is a K-type main sequence star slightly smaller and younger than our own Sun.  Its temperature and magnitude are about 80% of the Sun’s.  Thus, its habitable zone is slightly tighter than our own solar system’s.  Are we ever going to get to Halteres?  Yes.  Yes we are.

• An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun; about 93 million miles.  Halteres’ orbital distance from Hestia is 0.6881 AU, or 64 million miles.
• Halteres’ orbital circumference is about 402 million miles compared to Earth’s 584 million miles.
• Halteres’ orbital velocity is just a smidge over 80,000 miles per hour, Earth’s is just a smidge under 67,000 miles per hour.
• Halteres’ orbital period is 5003 hours, Earth’s is 8765 hours.
• Halteres’ rotational circumference is 55,000 miles (If this seems odd, you’re right.  If you think I’m going to tell you why it’s odd, you’re wrong.)  Earth’s is 24,900 miles.
• Halteres’ rotational velocity is 1,100 miles per hour, Earth’s is 1,040 miles per hour.
• Halteres’ rotational period is 50 hours, Earth’s is 23.9 hours.

So what?’ You might ask.  Well, shut up.  This is important.  This means something.  An interesting thing happens when you throw all these measurements together.  We find out that the most advanced minds on Halteres have devised a base ten, metric system of time.  It all fits.  Do the math.  See for yourself.

• The Etos- the Halteres year.  Halteres rotates 100 times during each complete orbit around Hestia.
• The Mera- the Halteres day.  There are 100 Mera in an Etos.  One Mera equals 2.1 Earth days.
• The Dra- the Halteres hour.  There are 10 Dra in a Mera.  One Dra equals 5 Earth hours.
• The Lepto- the Halteres minute.  There are 100 Lepto in a Dra.  One Lepto equals 3 Earth minutes.

So there you have it.  Now, go away.  I’m calculating a book.