Gravity, orbits and orbital trajectories ?!

Commandeur_Brin

Commandeur_Brin
I've heard a lot of talk about the planets and systems being subjects to real gravitational forces but so far as I do not stay very long in a system, I did not see planets really revolving around stars etc.

And so I was wondering: If I drop out of Super Cruise around a planet will I be in orbit around it ? Will I be following an orbital trajectory that can be altered by thrusting prograde or retrograde ?

I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Is this mechanic going to be implemented in futur updates ? Maybe with Horizon ?

Thanks !

Robin
 

dannysquid

dannysquid
Commandeur_Brin said:
I've heard a lot of talk about the planets and systems being subjects to real gravitational forces but so far as I do not stay very long in a system, I did not see planets really revolving around stars etc.

And so I was wondering: If I drop out of Super Cruise around a planet will I be in orbit around it ? Will I be following an orbital trajectory that can be altered by thrusting prograde or retrograde ?

I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Is this mechanic going to be implemented in futur updates ? Maybe with Horizon ?

Thanks !

Robin
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They're definitely moving. Look up Elite: Dangerous timelapses on youtube.
 

Lunchmoney

Lunchmoney
Commandeur_Brin said:
I've heard a lot of talk about the planets and systems being subjects to real gravitational forces but so far as I do not stay very long in a system, I did not see planets really revolving around stars etc.
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It takes a year for Earth to move around Sol. If you watch it for just a few moments, of course you aren’t going to see it move.


Commandeur_Brin said:
And so I was wondering: If I drop out of Super Cruise around a planet will I be in orbit around it ? Will I be following an orbital trajectory that can be altered by thrusting prograde or retrograde ?
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Cant really answer this one.
 

Brimstone

Brimstone
Yes everything orbits in real time. There's a moon that orbits at insane speed in one system, but I'm too lazy to find the video of it. Anyway you can get cought in the orbit of this moon so you rotate around it's planet very quickly.
 
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anikaiful

anikaiful
dannysquid said:
They're definitely moving. Look up Elite: Dangerous timelapses on youtube.
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In some systems you can see them in motion w/o timelapse - even very rapid motion in some cases - rapid enough that if you come to 30 km/s speed in SC, a planet and the station orbiting around it run away like a Road Runner.
 
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