Talk:Ring World
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TERMINOLOGY: [1]
- 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).
Notes (2006)[edit]
- If anyone recalls the ringworld listed in the canon, please add it as a "see also:"
- - Sstefan
- Sstefan, I greatly expanded the ringworld article to include the data you mentioned and more.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 15:27, 5 September 2016 (EDT)
Notes (2017)[edit]
- Northstar (world) (Non-canon - Apocrypha)
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:54, 15 January 2017 (EST)
- ↑ Terminology courtesy of GypsyComet on COTI