Community Event / Creation Super-Fast Moon

jpaulwilson1982 · Feb 15, 2015

Forgive my ignorance, but is this even possible?

[video=youtube;1dHGEXLK8ic]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dHGEXLK8ic[/video]

Honestly, I'm not sure if it's a bug or an error in accuracy or if this just simply a real possibility. Either way, it's pretty cool

Any thoughts?

InMemoriamSirocco · Feb 15, 2015

It's possible, I would think.

Micky · Feb 15, 2015

Yes its possible but not sure for how long in solar time frames.

A high Density Moon like Jupiters 'Io' travelling around A lower density planet like maybe Mars but more a planet without Metals.
Maybe the moon you found has very similar mass to the planet.

In the case of binary star systems, HM Cancri is a 2 body White Dwarf star system that orbits each other every 5 mins.

Krepose Gavayne · Feb 15, 2015

That was cool! Was it any where near a station with a shipyard? I'd have bought a cheap Sidey, SC'd into the orbit ring and dropped to normal space. Then I'd have just sat, waiting for the moon to come round the corner and straight at me. Would be interested to know at what point the eject warnings would have sounded...

Imagine getting a few friends along too. They could line up like dominoes and one person could be sat above filming them going splat, one after the other!

EDIT: It was close enough for me to get there myself. After being sidetracked by the lure of a high intensity conflict zone I cruised into the moon's orbit. No bang, no warnings, just silence and an immediate halt 2.01Mm in front of it. It is now pushing me round the planet as I type. I'll try my thrusters and see if I can get myself dislodged...

esraven · Feb 17, 2015

A nice found. Deserves a rep.

jpaulwilson1982 · Feb 17, 2015

Micky said:
Yes its possible but not sure for how long in solar time frames.

A high Density Moon like Jupiters 'Io' travelling around A lower density planet like maybe Mars but more a planet without Metals.
Maybe the moon you found has very similar mass to the planet.

In the case of binary star systems, HM Cancri is a 2 body White Dwarf star system that orbits each other every 5 mins.

Wow, every 5 minutes? Fast would be an understatement.

The only reason I thought a moon orbiting a planet that size would be impossible is because it would seem the moon would break orbit at that speed with such a small astronomical body, or the moon wouldn't get caught in that planet's orbit at that speed. Then again, I'm not an astrophysics major

Krepose Gavayne said:
That was cool! Was it any where near a station with a shipyard? I'd have bought a cheap Sidey, SC'd into the orbit ring and dropped to normal space. Then I'd have just sat, waiting for the moon to come round the corner and straight at me. Would be interested to know at what point the eject warnings would have sounded...

Imagine getting a few friends along too. They could line up like dominoes and one person could be sat above filming them going splat, one after the other!

EDIT: It was close enough for me to get there myself. After being sidetracked by the lure of a high intensity conflict zone I cruised into the moon's orbit. No bang, no warnings, just silence and an immediate halt 2.01Mm in front of it. It is now pushing me round the planet as I type. I'll try my thrusters and see if I can get myself dislodged...

Yeah, my first thought was to get in the moon's path and see what happens. Of course, we're not allowed to get within a certain range of planets and moons, but I still wonder what the experience will be like when we are allowed to approach planets/moons surfaces. No doubt death will result, but to see how it would come about would be entertaining.

esraven said:
A nice found. Deserves a rep.

Thanks

Nathanael · Feb 18, 2015

does it still do it out of supercruise?

jpaulwilson1982 · Feb 28, 2015

Yes indeed.

esraven · Mar 2, 2015

I have visited the moon and watched the fast fall and rise of the planet seen from the moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZAjN1BwwOQ

PunyHuman · Mar 2, 2015

I've seen that moon in Epsilon Indi as well.
An orbit that close and fast is possible. In fact, the reason it can be that close is because it is orbiting so quickly. Remember that the Earth's Moon was very close early in its formation and has been moving slowly away ever since.
In the case of this moon in Epsilon Indi, is it moving away, or slowly spiraling into that planet? If it's going to hit the planet, it shouldn't be too bad since FD reduced collision damage.

Enride · Mar 2, 2015

Since no1 threw this quote in here ill do it.

"Thats no moon..."

jpaulwilson1982 · Mar 3, 2015

esraven said:
I have visited the moon and watched the fast fall and rise of the planet seen from the moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZAjN1BwwOQ

Wow, how did you stay with the moon like that? Awesome video.

PunyHuman said:
I've seen that moon in Epsilon Indi as well.
An orbit that close and fast is possible. In fact, the reason it can be that close is because it is orbiting so quickly. Remember that the Earth's Moon was very close early in its formation and has been moving slowly away ever since.
In the case of this moon in Epsilon Indi, is it moving away, or slowly spiraling into that planet? If it's going to hit the planet, it shouldn't be too bad since FD reduced collision damage.

That's true; the Earth's moon was once so close it's been suggested that the moon likely created a great tidal wave that stirred Earth's ancient oceans for very long time (and may have been a big contributor to the rise of life). I heard that off of one of the educational channels long ago, so the information may be outdated or outright inaccurate. It was quite a while back, so it may have been during the era of credible educational channels before swamp people, duck dynasty and other horrible reality shows lol maybe

Enride said:
Since no1 threw this quote in here ill do it.

"Thats no moon..."

I was wondering when I'd see that quote posted in text or in a meme. No hard feelings, though; it was fully expected

PS I'm about to post the first in a series of videos I edited in a more theatrical way. It's something I haven't done in years, but its fun anyway. Naturally, they'll be posted in this forum section and my sig. So check it out when its posted. I hope everyone will enjoy it

esraven · Mar 3, 2015

jpaulwilson1982 said:
Wow, how did you stay with the moon like that? Awesome video.

In frameshift I closed in on the moon avoiding to get close by the planet (frameshift velocities getting to low then to close in on the moon, I experienced). Once close by the moon I enter the circle (sphere around the moon, planet, star) where you drop out of frameshift (avoid too high velocity entering the sphere). Now you are in a kind of orbit around the moon. To leave the moon area, activate frameshift, orient ship towards escape vector and off you go.