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== Astronomy ==
{{image|Taldain_Astronomy_inset.jpg|side=right|width=150px|Top-down view of Taldain's Orbit.}}
Taldain is tidally locked around two suns, this makes it unique among other planets in the Cosmere.{{au ref|Taldain}} It is located between the two suns in the system which orbit one another, because of a layer of particulates around one of these suns one half of the world is trapped in endless sunlight and the other half in night.{{au ref|Taldain}} This placement was done purposefully by its creator.{{book ref|ws|part=ars}}{{wob ref|3343}} It is the only planet within the system and a single moon, '''Nizh Da''', has a polar orbit around the world.{{au ref|Taldain}}
The orbit of Nizh Da is what defines the length of a day on Taldain.{{book ref|ws|part=ars}} The exact precession and movement of the moon is controlled so that it remains in the same position at the same hour, at any point in the year. This is due to the influence of Autonomy.{{book ref|ws|part=ars}}
An hour on Dayside is ninety minutes long and each day is separated into fifteen hours. On Darkside, an hour is sixty minutes long, and a day is separated into twenty-four hours.{{book ref|ws|prologue}}{{book ref|ws|part=ars}} Due to this, ninety Dayside minutes are equal to ninety-six Darkside minutes, with one dayside minute being equal to approximately 1.066 Darkside minutes.{{book ref|ws|part=ars}}
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