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I guess Patau82 who also made the first post of this thread.
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Nope, the orbital inclination is ~75 degrees. 138 degrees is the longitude of periapsis, i.e. what point in it's orbit it is closest to the star.
Given that M5C is an almost perfectly circular orbit (0.00000 I think) this point is fairly arbitrary.
Speaking of orbital mechanics, people have been talking a bit about tidal locking, but even though M5c is tidally locked to M5, given that there is an axial tilt of some 15 degrees, I suspect that M5 does move in the sky of M5c, oscillating back and forth by 30 degrees each "year/day". I'm not sure at what orbital phase the rotational axis lies in the plane of the orbit, as I don't think this info is in the system map.
NVM, saw the soundcloud link in the original and just snagged it. From what I can tell it just re-orders the jigsaw pieces into new and confusing ways.
Which do you mean when you say original sound, there's been quite a few recordings?
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As Riz is on holiday I guess it'll be the Big Z.
If the simulation is correct, nothing should happen to the longitude.
I was just looking at those bars again and wondered if they could represent planetary rings or something. I've had a look at the Merope system map and the first planet has four moons - first block is four bars. Second planet has again four moons, and the corresponding bars = four. Then we have the circle symbols etc (3rd planet). Idea goes wonky then on
Has anyone looked to see that is there any 6502/6512 or Z80 assembly language program hidden in this transmission?
as Elite was originally came out on the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum.
Anyway programmers do have a sense of humour, I could see them doing this.
You will find this funny if you are a programmer.
How many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
None
It's a hardware problem!
As Riz is on holiday I guess it'll be the Big Z.
And i need a overlay with the egg..
Orions belt stars are all on the border with the locked col70 sector.. and Orions bow got 4 stars in it all starting with Pi. Pi 1,2,3 and 4..
I know its far fetched, but not half as far as what some are trying to do here.. My photoshops skills are not good enough..
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Axial tilt is the relationship between Merope 5c's axis and its orbital plane around Merope 5.
Periapsis is measured using a relationship between the two orbital planes isn't it?
The axis isn't going to work in the same way as Earth because of the tidal locking.
Please PM Rizal72, he is watching his PM's while he's on holiday.
Hi All,
I'm thinking about trying to make a full surface map of 5C, unless someone already has done this.
MJK
Just to show you guys im serious about this. If you have knowledge of this subject... you will simply see what I am doing.
http://i.imgur.com/QEqiyPI.jpg
As far as I can see, the Argument of Periapsis is measured in the orbital plane of the planet(M5c), from the point where the two planes intersect. It is only a point on the orbit.
Rotation or tidal lock, does not matter for this angle.
It gets more tricky if we chose M5C to be the center planet and M5 to be the orbiting planet. Then we have to project the AoP angle on M5c equatoial plane, using the orbital inclination.
This is hove we do it on earth, with the Sun. It might be required to ensure 0deg elevation at 0deg true anomaly?