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>Now, I am pretty sure actual positions are not correct relative to each other (it is the same position on ellipse arc That sounds to me just like a rephrasing
by slg 2y ago
>Now, I am pretty sure actual positions are not correct relative to each other (it is the same position on ellipse arc
That sounds to me just like a rephrasing of what I originally said. The locations in the Wikipedia image are correct relative to each other (because it is representing a moment in time) while the locations from the code are not correct relative to each other and are instead "the same position on ellipse arc" (although maybe I was wrong with my assumption that the "same position" was at the semi-major axis).
- d_silin 2y agoYeah, I changed the orbit position to randomly sampling orbit locations and asteroid belt gaps are definitely rendering artifacts.
- slg 2y agoLol, I thought our confusion was over astrophysics and not English. The gaps are a real physical phenomenon that may or may not be visible depending on rendering decisions. I wouldn't consider them a "rendering artifact" as I take that to imply the artifact was artificially created by the rendering. Either way, thanks for answering my questions!