near-absolute-zero

Updated: May 1, 2025

But it had been found that the alternating fortnights of boiling heat and near-absolute-zero cold on the lunar surface could play havoc with the delicate instruments used in certain researches. Hence Wheel Five had been built and was staffed by research men who were rotated at regular eight-month intervals. Kieran loved it, from the first.

Edmond Hamilton - The Stars, My Brothers