Pi0neer Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 In a sun - planet - moon system, the orbit of the moon can look like a square relative to the star, as was demonstrated in this video. It would be quite a sight if, from the moon, you could time-warp and see yourself going further, and closer to the star in a square shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Pi0neer said: this video. Does the guy ever get around to how massive the planet would need to be for the moon to have such a big orbit and the influence such a massive planet would have on its parent star? Massive doubts on my end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said: Does the guy ever get around to how massive the planet would need to be for the moon to have such a big orbit and the influence such a massive planet would have on its parent star? Massive doubts on my end. Yes, around the 16 minute mark: Spoiler He covers the Hill sphere right after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laxez Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 the "problem" is that the square orbit shown in the video is the orbit of the object in relation to the sun, in KSP the orbit of your object that is shown is relative to the nearest body, so you would see the orbit around in Kerbin, but not in Kerbol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Square orbits are useful in a patched conics system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember12 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 5:32 AM, Pi0neer said: It would be quite a sight if, from the moon, you could time-warp and see yourself going further, and closer to the star in a square shape. Even if all the problems mentioned above (and more will no doubt be posted below) were overcome, I can't imagine this as anything more than an oh-yeah-that's-kinda-cool thing. Probably, no one would even look at it more than once or twice. Not at all worth the difficulty of implementation IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Ember12 said: I can't imagine this as anything more than an oh-yeah-that's-kinda-cool thing. Probably, no one would even look at it more than once or twice. Not at all worth the difficulty of implementation IMO. It would be worth it in a multiplayer setting, if other people would see the orbit shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, Vl3d said: 2 hours ago, Ember12 said: I can't imagine this as anything more than an oh-yeah-that's-kinda-cool thing. Probably, no one would even look at it more than once or twice. Not at all worth the difficulty of implementation IMO. It would be worth it in a multiplayer setting, if other people would see the orbit shape. Why would people care any more in a multiplayer setting than a single player setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 25 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said: Why would people care any more in a multiplayer setting than a single player setting? People would do it for rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Vl3d said: 1 hour ago, Bej Kerman said: Why would people care any more in a multiplayer setting than a single player setting? People would do it for rep. Do exactly what for rep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Bej Kerman said: Do exactly what for rep? Make square orbits (or other Fourier drawings). Edited June 23, 2022 by Vl3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, Vl3d said: 13 hours ago, Bej Kerman said: Do exactly what for rep? Make square orbits (or other Fourier drawings). Refer back to: 17 hours ago, Ember12 said: I can't imagine this as anything more than an oh-yeah-that's-kinda-cool thing. Probably, no one would even look at it more than once or twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 The video uploader has a sequel out now using a Fourier series to get arbitrarily close to square-ness, at the cost of non-physicality (dozens of "moons" orbiting each other in an overlapping hierarchy that ignores Hill spheres): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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