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mifriis / edge-of-kuiper

Textbased space rpg somewhat based on real science

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Coordinates of the inner solar system #15

Closed mifriis closed 3 years ago

mifriis commented 3 years ago

We need to be able to calculate distances between planets to enable travel between them.

[x] All inner planets (mercury -> jupiter)
[x] Circular orbit (eccentricity 1)
[x] Distance from sun is their average
[x] Orbital time their average
[x] Start position 1/1-2078 (game start) approximated
[x] Possible to get the coordinate (heliocentric, as in the sun as center, and not geocentric as in when we look up in the sky from our back yard)
[x] Possible to calculate distance between them

I made this example a couple of years ago: https://codepen.io/asgnoir/pen/GyWXYO using this javascript: https://github.com/lizard-isana/orb.js a lot more advanced than we need it to be though.

Nicoolai commented 3 years ago

I'll take a shot at this. I'll base it on very rough estimates.