Exploration - When worlds colide
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Just for funsies, I have started a very boring stream (I will be at work when the conjunction is expected to occur):
The moons haven't quite reached their closest point yet - 2 c is still slightly ahead of 2 b in its orbit.
10:45Z: The moons are currently about 140km apart, and have reached conjunction (but not quite closest approach yet).
11:55Z: D'oh, and I forgot to hit Post.
At about 11:30Z, the moons reached their closest separation of about 135km
11:55Z: D'oh, and I forgot to hit Post.
At about 11:30Z, the moons reached their closest separation of about 135km
Not colliding as before, but still an amazing spot to visit. Very cool.
The next conjunction will occur around early-to-mid March 2022, I guess?
Question: At such distance apart (135km), how feasible would it be to catapult yourself on foot (or using a SRV) from one moon to the other? Gravity is pretty low (0.07g), and the vapor geysers on them are strong enough to launch someone hundreds of km away from the surface.
The next conjunction will occur around early-to-mid March 2022, I guess?
Question: At such distance apart (135km), how feasible would it be to catapult yourself on foot (or using a SRV) from one moon to the other? Gravity is pretty low (0.07g), and the vapor geysers on them are strong enough to launch someone hundreds of km away from the surface.
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That view might actually be better than when they were colliding, wonderful. Thanks for the images @Bravada Cadelanne and @ruifo
People (including me) tried to jump from one planet to the other in the SRV or even in the ship back then. It doesn't work.
Only the planet you landed on is solid. You clip through the other planet.
Also worth noting that when the planets are close, when you drop out of glide, your motion becomes relative to the planet you had selected.
So If you have the other planet selected, for example, to see the distance, you'll be moving relative to the planet you're trying to land on, even though your controls may be neutral. This caused several ships to crash back then.
I have videos of the collision from Oct 3302 as well as several other colliding planets in other systems, some of which haven't been "fixed"
youtube link below.
Since the carriers update, SOIs switch at approximately the midpoint between the two bodies (scaled to their relative radii). So you can now slowboat between planets if their SOIs overlap and they're not moving too quickly relative to each other.