Bizzare Orbits

[_Augustus_]

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[SkyRender]

That is not a bizarre orbit.

THAT is a bizarre orbit.

[NFUN]

Argh, ninja'd. That was the exact picture I was gonna post, but I had to upload it first.

[Majorjim!]

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Hi!

What you see in the first picture is your current orbital path as the blue line and your encounter in yellow that displays how the Mun's gravity will effect your orbit.

The second one isn't weird, its a lovely free return trajectory!

If you knew that already, sorry.

[Michaelo90]

That is not a bizarre orbit.

http://www.smidgeindustriesltd.com/screenshot10.png

THAT is a bizarre orbit.

Is that a glitch or do weird eccentric orbits in another SOI really look like that?

[magnemoe]

Hi!

What you see in the first picture is your current orbital path as the blue line and your encounter in yellow that displays how the Mun's gravity will effect your orbit.

The second one isn't weird, its a lovely free return trajectory!

If you knew that already, sorry.

Free return trajectories was godsend back in 0.23-0.235 as you tend to do an Mun flyby without solar cells, if you lost power or fuel you returned back at kerbin.

Yes this is also why it was use during the Apollo flights.

[SkyRender]

Is that a glitch or do weird eccentric orbits in another SOI really look like that?

It seems to be a glitch. Patched conics aren't perfect, and they get especially dodgy when you're performing calculations on a potential orbit within a future SoI change, especially if you alter the trajectory within that SoI change after plotting the change in course on a maneuver node.

[magnemoe]

Is that a glitch or do weird eccentric orbits in another SOI really look like that?

Probably not a glitch, can simply be an extrinsic orbit going in and out of Ike SOI seen from Duna

Has seen thinks like it if you reach Tylo SOI at low speed relative to it.

very realistic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_moons_of_Earth#mediaviewer/File:Horseshoe_orbit_of_Cruithne_from_the_perspective_of_Earth.gif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_moons_of_Earth

[Overfloater]

That is not a bizarre orbit.

http://www.smidgeindustriesltd.com/screenshot10.png

THAT is a bizarre orbit.

That is some maneuvering skills you got there. x-)

[Sirrobert]

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Nah, that's patched conics mode 5 I believe.

Draws relative to the parent body

[vexx32]

Yeah, the patched conics, depending which mode you use, can make things look a little counterintuitive. I usually find mode 3 or mode 0 to be the most intuitive, but really it's mostly a matter of personal preference.

[Mr.Rocket]

But wait, there's more...

Lol. Gilly - taking physics to a whole new level...

...And then throwing you into Eve if you do nothing.

Edited July 26, 2014 by Mr.Rocket

[Rithsom]

But wait, there's more...

http://i.imgur.com/BO0zoVh.png

Lol. Gilly - taking physics to a whole new level...

...And then throwing you into Eve if you do nothing.

You beat me to it! was just about to get a good screenshot of a Gilly encounter, they sure are weird...

[Cerberus738]

Those are some craaaazy orbits. i've never had anything like those Gilly or Ike encounters. The mun always shows funny things for me though. Out of curiosity what do those orbits look like when you have Gilly/Ike in focus??

[Rithsom]

Those are some craaaazy orbits. i've never had anything like those Gilly or Ike encounters. The mun always shows funny things for me though. Out of curiosity what do those orbits look like when you have Gilly/Ike in focus??

The Gilly encounters only look like regular trajectories for me once I switch into it's SOI. Before then, the encounter looks crazy and nothing like what it should be(must be the low gravity making the game struggle to show an accurate encounter beforehand).