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A Couple World-building Questions

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Simon Hogwood:
Thanks, everybody, this should be a big help!  :)

Gruud:
Blargh, how could two people possibly be thinking of having a world with two moons?   ;D

At any rate, go to wikipedia and look up orbital resonance, as it will apply to many stable two moon systems.

There's a bit more there, concerning some of the other factors, but not much.

The Science Channel eh? All I've ever seen there is the one about "what if we had no moon". I'll have to go and have a look for the other one.

KarlTenBrew:
Haircolor: Depends on what you mean.  There are plenty of current examples of people who have
1) An even mix of multiple hair-colors throughout hair/beard/body
OR
2) Specific sections [i.e.: Head-hair, eye-brows, temples, side-burns, cheecks, chin, mustache, lower-lip, body (upper, lower, heavy-areas)] that each obey their own rules

so if you're asking about true striping patterns and/or exotic hair colors (blue, green) the answer is 'No, but plausible'.  For example, if you had humans who naturally have blue hair because of a genetic mutation, or have a variety of potential hair colors for the same reason, no one's really going to call you out on it.  The same would apply to having true stripe patterns.


As far as moons, reading up on Mars and Titan (Saturn's moon) can provide some ideas about tides and weather.  Just keep the actual size/distance/rotation of said moons unknown, and you've got fudge room.

Kris_W:
Why bi-colored hair? Like calico cats? How far do you need to follow this idea to make your story work?

One interesting thing you might do with the bi-colored hair is the concept that chimeras are normal in most of your Viewpoint Species. You can Google chimera for details. This means they would have two distinct genetic lines in each body. Some genetic diseases could be mitigated this way and they could have a higher tolerance to radiation. The down sides might be less common pregnancy, more sever auto-immune diseases and a higher biological load due to duplicated processes.

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