Dyson Sphere

Dyson Sphere
   An artificial world which is a hollow sphere built around a sun. This allows all of the sun's energy to be used by the inhabitants of the sphere, who live on the inside surface, giving them virtually unlimited energy. The circumference of the sphere would be as large as an Earth type planet's orbit around that same sun. If a Dyson Sphere were built around our Sun it would have a diameter of about 200,000,000 kilometers (124,300,808 miles), and an internal surface area equal to the surface area of 4,000,000 Earths. This idea was created by the physicist Freeman Dyson.

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