Can anyone explain this orbit?

[WyDavies]

I was trying to get from Mun to Minmus. I left Mun's orbit, but with only a slight increase in speed,

so of course Mun caught back up as my ship started going into a higher orbit. So I went back in to

the map view to adjust the orbit and saw this!

Can anyone explain this orbit? I've never seen anything like it.

Youtube link in case the picture below isn't clear enough: https://youtu.be/_Q_MywBgnRM

 

[A_name]

It look like the Kraken got you

Seriously though, it will probably correct itself once you cross the SOI change.

[Fisk02]

I think thats called "Ksp Logic"

[WeirdCulture]

Go Home Orbit... you are drunk

[DoToH]

The orbit is not blue. That tells you the orbit is the one AFTER your next encounter. Shape of orbits after encounters depends on your CONIC_PATCH_DRAW_MODE  config variable (default is 3). In this case, the orbit drawn is your path in the next SOI as it will be seen from your actual parent body (IIRC).

[RocketPropelledGiraffe]

Edit: Well, I did not pay proper attention. Sorry about that, move along please!

Edited November 30, 2015 by RocketPropelledGiraffe

[Chakat Firepaw]

That's what you are going to do, relative to Kerbin.  It's weird because the conic section is 'smeared' by the motion of the focus point, (i.e. the Mun).  If you switch display focus to the Mun I suspect it will show a nice, neat, elliptical track.