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Does Mercury (the Burning Shrine) have a day-night cycle? (Destiny)

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 14:57 (3778 days ago)

I've only ever seen the sun in one position. Granted, it does take over two orbital periods for a single "day" to pass, but the cycles on other planets are are obviously accelerated...

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Don't think so?

by iconicbanana, C2-H5-OH + NAD, Portland, OR, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 15:12 (3778 days ago) @ CyberKN

I've only ever seen the sun in one position. Granted, it does take over two orbital periods for a single "day" to pass, but the cycles on other planets are are obviously accelerated...

Can't say I've ever noticed the sun in a different position. The brightness of the sun seems to be a strategic feature of the map, might have some reason to do with it?

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Pretty sure it does not.

by slycrel ⌂, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 15:26 (3778 days ago) @ iconicbanana

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Does Mercury (the Burning Shrine) have a day-night cycle?

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 15:34 (3778 days ago) @ CyberKN

I've only ever seen the sun in one position. Granted, it does take over two orbital periods for a single "day" to pass, but the cycles on other planets are are obviously accelerated...

A day on mercury is something like 58 earth days, and it orbits the sun every 88 days.

If it did cycle, then it'd be -279.67 degrees F at night, and 700 during the day. I still can't really fathom how play on it is at all possible, seeing as how even in Destiny it's a dead world with no influence from the traveler.

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Does Mercury (the Burning Shrine) have a day-night cycle?

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 18:10 (3778 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I've only ever seen the sun in one position. Granted, it does take over two orbital periods for a single "day" to pass, but the cycles on other planets are are obviously accelerated...


A day on mercury is something like 58 earth days, and it orbits the sun every 88 days.

If it did cycle, then it'd be -279.67 degrees F at night, and 700 during the day. I still can't really fathom how play on it is at all possible, seeing as how even in Destiny it's a dead world with no influence from the traveler.

It's a Vex world. They clearly aren't immune to high temperatures, so maybe those giant floating towers have something to do with controlling temperature...

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No.

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 19:21 (3778 days ago) @ CyberKN

The sun is in the same irritating, sniper blinding position as always.

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Huh. For some reason, I've always thought it was tidal-lock

by ZackDark @, Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, March 26, 2015, 20:08 (3778 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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3:2 resonance I believe

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, March 26, 2015, 21:49 (3778 days ago) @ ZackDark

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