Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
What is this??
- Thread starter Drakonluke
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You guys going to keep Mitterand's Hollow as is? I know it's somewhat incorrect but it's definitely become a "must see" destination.
You could open up a tourist spot there... "God's Only Mistake" or something. They'd rake in the cash.
Michael Brookes
Game Director
I'll leave it in there (as it was probably my mistake) until I'm overruled
Michael
You have my sword.
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Sorry... What to the who now? Stations orbiting comets
The game has always had some stations orbiting comets.
Michael
Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
Can I ask a technical question then, as I'm now really intrigued. Would a comet have enough gravitational force to hold a station in orbit? Would it have to be closer/further than one orbiting a planet or moon?
I'll leave it in there (as it was probably my mistake) until I'm overruled
Michael
Excellent - it really is a feature now. I was there yesterday. Took me a few attempts to land!
Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
And my axe.
Isn't a comet that doesn't move technically an asteroid? Okay, yes, everything in space is moving relative to everything else and the comet would be orbiting its parent star, but wouldn't it also have a tail? Or is it too far away from it's parent star for a tail to form?
under the right conditions, comets can be seen in 1.4 Only in debug, not in cockpit. best conditions are at breakout point of a scoopable star in normal space -- not supercruise. Appear rather like a bowtie-shaped nebula, color dependent on the local light source. occasionally will grow, shrink or disappear while watching. Not the comic-book comets other ships in hyper look like. Do not show on scanners, cannot be interacted with. (I spent a few hours trying).
I'll leave it in there (as it was probably my mistake) until I'm overruled
Michael
If you really want to have some crazy fast orbiting moon like Mitterrand, I suppose it's still possible while keeping it consistent with Stellar Forge rules - just move it in close orbit around some white dwarf.
To take the comet 67P as example, it has a mass of 10^13 kg, which is a lot. I'm not sure what mass stations are supposed to have, but I assume it will be pretty high as well. So with F = (G*m1*m2)/r² you could calculate the gravitational force on each other.
Technically you could get every 2 objects in space to orbit each other, it would just be a question of how fast they are. So, depending on the size, it probably wouldn't exactly be a station orbiting the comet, but rather them orbiting each other, for the most part, and they would orbit very slowly.
All this is just an educated guess, I might be completely wrong
In theory yes, it all depends how much attraction the two objects have on each other, and their rotational speeds. It's the same principle as planets just on a smaller scale. Unfortunately things change dramatically once the forces become either immense or really small, aka why we still are trying to find a unified theory that makes relativity and quantum mechanics work toghether.
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There's one near Kaukhe. Can't remember the name of it, or the name of the star system, but I was there a couple of days ago. If I find it again, I'll post the system.
It's the Formula-1 starport. Going in circles for no reason.
I think you'll find that you mean Nascar.. F1 has both left and right corners on the same track..
No no no! There's a planet for that, complete with God's final message to creation...we just have to find that planet, land(which we'll be able to do next week!) and get in line..which means it'll probably be another season or two before we can do that...gives them plenty of time to do that message up right!
Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
To take the comet 67P as example, it has a mass of 10^13 kg, which is a lot. I'm not sure what mass stations are supposed to have, but I assume it will be pretty high as well. So with F = (G*m1*m2)/r² you could calculate the gravitational force on each other.
Technically you could get every 2 objects in space to orbit each other, it would just be a question of how fast they are. So, depending on the size, it probably wouldn't exactly be a station orbiting the comet, but rather them orbiting each other, for the most part, and they would orbit very slowly.
All this is just an educated guess, I might be completely wrong
Well it certainly sounds convincing
I would be really intrigued to know "officially" how close/far/fast it would normally occur in Elite.
Cool! What is it?
I'll leave it in there (as it was probably my mistake) until I'm overruled
Exactly who can overrule you, I wonder?
The station in LAWD 26 used to have such a fast orbit, but it was
(Even before the move, AFAIR the orbital period was still measured in hours, though.)
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Just to show there are others. This is my favourite.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=137035
http://ed-td.space/en/9/System/idSys/15306/nSys/Pareco
I can now divulge I got to Elite in Trade in this system.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=137035
http://ed-td.space/en/9/System/idSys/15306/nSys/Pareco
I can now divulge I got to Elite in Trade in this system.
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