The name A1-0, a possible naming convention and its implications

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I think it’s time to decide to whether to move forward with these reforms or not through a vote. Here’s what’s on the table.

  • A convention that divides most of the Galaxy into equal-sized circle segment-shaped sectors and an explanation of the name A1-0 itself (see further details in above posts)
  • A well-defined location of A1-0 in the galaxy and coreward and spinward directions
  • Due to the proposed naming system, A1-0 gets an increase in surface area from 3,400x3,400 ly² to roughly 4,400x3,400 ly² (coreward and rimward boundaries are circular) and an increase in height from 100 ly to 1,000 ly so that most of the galactic disc is covered
  • Furthermore, the stellar density is increased to 0.004 stars per ly³ to match the real-life Sun’s stellar neighbourhood (previous number roughly 0.0009)
  • The increased size of the sector means that the volume of A1-0 is roughly 13.7 times larger than before
  • The increased size and stellar density of the sector mean that there is roughly 63.5 million stars in A1-0 which is 58.8 times as many as before
  • I have proposed two ways of transferring the map plots to an updated map of A1-0:
    • Rescale the plots so that they cover the whole sector horizontally (left-hand image in this post) - this means almost a 1.3 times increase in plot size and that some plots end up partially in Sector A1-1. The plots will contain a larger share of the total amount of stars
    • No rescaling of plots (right-hand image in this post) - lots of more space rimward for new plots and all plots remain in Sector A1-0
  • Furthermore, the amount of planets per star will increase from 1 to 1.6
  • Regardless of the increase in amount of stars and planets, the following limitations will remain:
    • 6,300 planets/plot that might support life
    • 50 planets/plot with intelligent communicative life that has developed independently
Shall we implement these updates to the map of Sector A1-0?
  • Yes
  • No
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If we implement these changes to the map, should we rescale the plots or add more plots?
  • Rescale
  • Add more plots
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