Talk:Megastructure

TERMINOLOGY:

• Ringworld ("Niven Ring"): An artificial ring around a star
• Halo ("Bishop Ring" / "Ringmoon"): An artificial ring around a planet (attached to it by beanstalks or not)
• Orbital ("Banks Orbital"): A ring structure that orbits free around either a star or planet but does not have a celestial/terrestrial body at its own center (per Iain Banks).

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Possible Technological Overview of Megastructures (2019)

MACRO LEVEL:

• Space Station > Orbital (Highport) > Ringworld > Deep Space Station > Dyson Sphere (Sphere World) > Mobile World > Shkadov Thruster (Stellar Thruster) > Rosette > Pocket Universe

MICRO LEVEL: DYSON SERIES

• Dyson Ring > Dyson Bubble > Dyson Net > Dyson Swarm > Dyson Shell > Dyson Sphere > Topopolis

MICRO LEVEL: ATMOSPHERIC SERIES

• Tent World > Bubble World > Artificial World > Mobile World

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- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 18:14, 23 March 2019 (EDT)