Newcomer / Intro Planet Orbits

Demonlord79

Demonlord79
Hello Commanders,
Just wondering if anyone knows if Planets (within the bubble of course) actually move in a proper orbit.
Example: If you land on a planet surface and stay there long enough will you eventually see a sun set or rise as well as bases could be night and the next time visiting it could be during the day?

Thanks for any information on this subject.....o7
 

finglonger

F
every object is in constant motion, planets, stations travel through their orbit, planets rotate assuming theyre not tidally locked (or what ever you call it)

which is why you will often find your destination obscured by a planet one minute next day itll be clear ;)

not sure if its in ED i kind of vaguely recall a very fast moving station in one of the original elite games
 
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Demonlord79

Demonlord79
Thanks for the info, always seems to be the same time when I hit a planet "Engineers anyway". But after Horizons came out I've never really noticed Planets spin apposed to asteroid rings.
See ya in the black...o7
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
All planets, moons and space stations within a star system move, and have always moved.

On a galactic scale, star systems don't move, like they naturally would - every star system is fixed in place at specific co-ordinates and can never move. But secondary stars within a star system will move in their orbits, just like planets do. Even Proxima Centauri, the host star for Hutton Orbital, moves in its orbit around Alpha - though in this case, the orbital period is 368,906,185 days (just over 1 million years), so it doesn't move very much.
 
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