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Just realized, I meant orbit speed and not rotation aeound the planets axis. Shouldn't write in parallel to meetings... Your answer was very interesting so, tha
by hef19898 3y ago
Just realized, I meant orbit speed and not rotation aeound the planets axis. Shouldn't write in parallel to meetings... Your answer was very interesting so, thank you!
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI see! In the other case, the answer is: velocity vector determines the orbit. For any given point at any given orbit, there's only one valid velocity vector relative to the star (direction and magnitude) - tweaking it tweaks the shape of the orbit. One of the best way to get an intuition for orbits is to play Kerbal Space Program for a few hours :).
- hef19898 3y agoGoing back to my buried physics knowledge, that is quite logic. Thanks again! I am just afraid to touch Kerbal Space Program, I really cannot afford another time sink at the moment! As one time ovner of a Star Wars RPG PC whos secret super weapon was his tremendous Astrogation skill, I really should so I guess!