Planetary Rotation

Theodore Black

Theodore Black
Hey all,

I docked tonight at an outpost with a beautiful view of its parent planet, and I didn't notice the planet rotating at all. ... is this not a feature?

Thanks!
 

Jack Schitt

Jack Schitt
You need to wait. The planets definitely move and rotate, they just do it at the correct speed which is relatively slowly. If you fly down near to a planet's mass shadow and hang there you can see movement in real time if you look at the limb. It works well with planets with nightside lighting. Alternatively you can do a timelapse...

[video=youtube;fMXzhbGuKY0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXzhbGuKY0[/video]​
 

Crowax

C
Another idea that popped into my mind is, maybe the station was orbiting at similar speed and direction as planet rotation.
 

TiberiuS

TiberiuS
Yeah, the planets turn definitely.

I was mining in a RES around a gas giant. After 2 hours it went more and more dark, because the planet and the RES was turning and the RES was getting in the shadow of the planet.

Some planets don't turn. You can read in their description 'tidally locked', which means that the same side is always facing the sun... just like our moon. It turns with exactely the same speed as it revolves around earth, so we get to see always the same side.
 

nexxo

N
Theodore Black said:
Hey all,

I docked tonight at an outpost with a beautiful view of its parent planet, and I didn't notice the planet rotating at all. ... is this not a feature?

Thanks!
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Look at the sun or moon. Do you see them move across the sky?

Think about it. ;)
 
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Flyto

F
Planets do turn, but sadly Earth is out of phase with where it should be, so the days do not line up with the time in-game. This makes some people very slightly sad :)
 

Bran Tse Mallory

Bran Tse Mallory
Flyto said:
Planets do turn, but sadly Earth is out of phase with where it should be, so the days do not line up with the time in-game. This makes some people very slightly sad :)
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I assume you have used some kind of star/planet position calculator to work out where the Earth should be in 1,286 years. If so which one please?
 

Araviel

Araviel
you can see how fast they rotate and if or not they are tidally locked in the system map if you click on the planets.
 

LeetNoob

LeetNoob
Bran Tse Mallory said:
I assume you have used some kind of star/planet position calculator to work out where the Earth should be in 1,286 years. If so which one please?
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Earth should be at the same place on the same day every year facing the same direction at the same time on the same day every year. It's a stable orbit.
Technially our rotation is slowing down and our orbital eccentricity varies slightly but not enough over 1000 years to be noticeable.
 
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