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Senior Columnist: Madu Adeniji
Errant Astronomical Phenomenon May Impact RhyDin Transmissions August 14, 2013
Cosmic radiation spikes accompanying a natural phenomenon may disrupt incoming and outgoing transmissions, a statement by the RhyDin National Weather Service said Monday.
Doctors Frederick Fleischer and Marianne Brooke, in collaboration with the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department at the University of Westplace, currently head a team at the New Haven Weather Service Center that is charged with monitoring celestial and astronomical phenomena of both natural and manmade nature. According to the statement released Monday, approximately 8-10 days from today RhyDin's two moons, Arabrab and Trebor, will be in triple conjunction with the G-3 class star RhyDin presently orbits. Faculty at the Westplace Astronomy Department claim this is a naturally occurring alignment that takes place every six years or so, and should be clearly visible August 23 during civil twilight hours (between 2030 and 2100 RST), roughly two-thirds up from the southeast horizon to the point directly overhead.
Despite the predictability of this phenomenon, Fleischer still cautions that the seasonal placement over a particularly sensitive node of the Nexus may cause some minor technological inconveniences.
"When the nodal axis is disrupted for a period of time " in this case, it should be fewer than twenty-four hours " many times the brief radiation spike can scramble satellite frequencies and temporarily disrupt communication to and from RhyDin," Fleischer explained. "RhyDin citizens should prepare accordingly, and perhaps make their phone calls to their distant cousin just an hour earlier that day."
Minor inconveniences such as poor phone signal, dropped calls, and impaired radio and visual communications are anticipated, and should resolve in approximately 24 hours. However, scientists at the RhyDin Observatory - due to publicly open next month - confirm Fleischer's statement that large-scale disruption is not expected.
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Errant Astronomical Phenomenon May Impact RhyDin Transmissions August 14, 2013
Cosmic radiation spikes accompanying a natural phenomenon may disrupt incoming and outgoing transmissions, a statement by the RhyDin National Weather Service said Monday.
Doctors Frederick Fleischer and Marianne Brooke, in collaboration with the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department at the University of Westplace, currently head a team at the New Haven Weather Service Center that is charged with monitoring celestial and astronomical phenomena of both natural and manmade nature. According to the statement released Monday, approximately 8-10 days from today RhyDin's two moons, Arabrab and Trebor, will be in triple conjunction with the G-3 class star RhyDin presently orbits. Faculty at the Westplace Astronomy Department claim this is a naturally occurring alignment that takes place every six years or so, and should be clearly visible August 23 during civil twilight hours (between 2030 and 2100 RST), roughly two-thirds up from the southeast horizon to the point directly overhead.
Despite the predictability of this phenomenon, Fleischer still cautions that the seasonal placement over a particularly sensitive node of the Nexus may cause some minor technological inconveniences.
"When the nodal axis is disrupted for a period of time " in this case, it should be fewer than twenty-four hours " many times the brief radiation spike can scramble satellite frequencies and temporarily disrupt communication to and from RhyDin," Fleischer explained. "RhyDin citizens should prepare accordingly, and perhaps make their phone calls to their distant cousin just an hour earlier that day."
Minor inconveniences such as poor phone signal, dropped calls, and impaired radio and visual communications are anticipated, and should resolve in approximately 24 hours. However, scientists at the RhyDin Observatory - due to publicly open next month - confirm Fleischer's statement that large-scale disruption is not expected.
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