I'm having this same problem, except that I can't seem to find the window. Is it in any particular direction?
I don't know if it indicates the offscreen window's position, but if you hover over the taskbar icon until it shows the window preview, then right-click on the preview's title bar and select "move," the little quad-directional cursor will appear in a corner of the screen. Perhaps that indicates direction. I think "resize" will do the same thing. But you should be able to get it on screen without knowing its direction by doing what you quoted and moving the mouse in a spiral pattern. Make sure you don't click after you click on "Move."
I followed your directions but despite the move order I could not get the window into view. After maximizing it however it remained on the screen. Thank you for your help!
No no, even the windowed mode (which was active next time I started it) stayed on screen, so it is great!
Not to be presumptuous, but is anyone taking this up? I'd give it a shot, but we'll have fleet carriers before I get it right.RE: Flattening, one formula to estimate the flattening coefficient (assuming uniform density and various other factors is:
Where w is (2 * PI / rotation period), r is mean radius and M is body mass (seconds, meters and kg). Oh, and G is the gravitational constant. This factor (f) can then be used to calculate the equatorial radius and polar radius as this:
Finally, you can compare this difference between the radii as a ratio of the equatorial radius. I've put this into a copy of the spreadsheet pasted earlier and sorted on this ratio. Results are promising:
Oblated Gas Giants
I'd say if you considered everything with a ratio of under 12, it'd be pretty close (or perhaps 10). Only 2 of the extreme ones are missed, and there's likely something else going on there (I think close binary orbits affect things, for example). Worth pointing out that the spreadsheet is (mostly) not journal data - journal data would help accuracy of calculations. I expect this would be quite a challenge to put in custom XML though, perhaps it's something Vithigar can build in (or maybe I could).
Why not pop the topic into an issue on https://github.com/Xjph/EliteObservatory/issues and propose your work on it there? @Vithigar reacts quickly to newly created tickets. And tickets don't get lost, forum posts can/do.
I, in turn, am not sure why you think I was responding directly to you.
That was a response to Redfox's suggestion that an issue be created.I shall undertake it...I, in turn, am not sure why you think I was responding directly to you.
As for wondering if anyone is working on the formula, you already seem to have put the most work into it by far. If you want to keep it up feel free to do so.
