question about the 1:1 and the galaxy

Sitasan

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Hi all,

I would like have replys from the players that are familiar with astronomics science etc...

Did sol is right? or is there realy some mistake?

But my first question is that: i go on a lot of differents system, and i could never see a planet turning nor folowing her/it's orbit...is it normal?

Because my english i bad i try different: how to see, for exemple, the whole sol system and the planets mooving on the orbits etc....? is it possible?

i imagine that the far i am from a planet, the fast i see it mooving right? maybe i didn't understand, im no good with science ^^

Thx a lot for your comments, and sorry to wright this bad.

fly safe
 

Barulf McBaren

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You realise that it takes a year for earth to travel around the sun, right?
As from my experience, planets do turn and orbit, but slowly.
 
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adoredtv

adoredtv
Yes, it takes a very long time for most planets to go around the star in the centre of the system. However if you sit outside of Earth right now, then log on in 6 months time, it'll be on the other side of the sun from where you left it.
 

Sysmon

Sysmon
Hi there,

In my experience, the celestial bodies are indeed turning. It is most evident with stars. Of course, the rotational periods are relatively long: Earth takes 24 hours for a turn, Mars 24 hours and 40 minutes. The sun takes around 25 days. Venus takes 116.7 days to complete a full rotation. The gas giants are faster: A Jupiter day is less than 10 hours long.

So you should be able to find a fixed point at a distance from a planet to observe it rotate. But be ready to wait for a good long while in game-time terms.

The rotational speed does not change with distance, so get as close as you want to be to observe. However, if you drop out of SuperCruise (which you shouldn't have to, to observe the rotation) too close to the planet, you may end up in stationary orbit above the surface. You will then rotate with the planet which is a great way to observe sunrises or sunsets.

Actually, go to a gas giant, one with a ring. Go to the terminator (the line where day changes to night, and drop out of SuperCruise close to that within the ring. You will be able to observe a sunrise or sunset in a very spectactular setting.

:D S
 

Roybe

Roybe
Here's a time lapse of rotating suns....these two suns havea very high velocity rotation around each other..roughly 6 hours.
 

Sitasan

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Sysmon said:
Hi there,

In my experience, the celestial bodies are indeed turning. It is most evident with stars. Of course, the rotational periods are relatively long: Earth takes 24 hours for a turn, Mars 24 hours and 40 minutes. The sun takes around 25 days. Venus takes 116.7 days to complete a full rotation. The gas giants are faster: A Jupiter day is less than 10 hours long.

So you should be able to find a fixed point at a distance from a planet to observe it rotate. But be ready to wait for a good long while in game-time terms.

The rotational speed does not change with distance, so get as close as you want to be to observe. However, if you drop out of SuperCruise (which you shouldn't have to, to observe the rotation) too close to the planet, you may end up in stationary orbit above the surface. You will then rotate with the planet which is a great way to observe sunrises or sunsets.

Actually, go to a gas giant, one with a ring. Go to the terminator (the line where day changes to night, and drop out of SuperCruise close to that within the ring. You will be able to observe a sunrise or sunset in a very spectactular setting.

:D S
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you are a nice person, thx a lot, i will try this asap.

one more question, to find a gas giant, i simply need to go to the galactic map and read the description of the system right? or is there a visual thing that let me know it is one without clicking on it?

But cool, so the planets moove on to theire orbits and turn around, but i didn't think about the 24 hours, im stupid lol

probably because im used to play on kerbal and there you can faster the time and see planetes moovig fast...^^
 
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