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Orbit directly between Mun and Kerbin and hold position possible?


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Anyone know if it is possible to be in a orbit and hold position directly between Mun and Kerbin?

I have tried a few orbits between 1600km and geosynchronous orbit but haven't found the orbital altitude that will keep a craft directly between Mun and Kerbin. On one of my return trips from the Mun to Kerbin I noticed that I got close to this by accident, which caused me to try again, but forgot to write down where I was at the time.

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It's not possible.

Having the same angular speed relative to Earth center than the Mun would mean being on the very same orbit (at equal distance) from Kerbin than the Mun. Which would place you inside the Mun.

You could put yourself on the same orbit than the Mun, but since it won't be a perfect orbit, WARP will over time make your orbiter crash on the Mun.

The closest of what you seek would be to orbit a Lagrange point, but KSP's "Patched Conic" doesn't allow them. (Don't even think about suggesting them to the dev, it's NO)

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Yes, it is not possible. An orbit is just having enough speed so that as something falls, it misses the ground, because it curves away from it. so the higher the orbit the slower the orbit. Lagrange point do occur in real life, which are the result of gravity of separate bodies creating a place you can essentially orbit around, however as the game only calculates gravity from one body at a time, it is impossible in the game.

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