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stevehead / ksp-SimpleOrbitCalculator

Simple Orbit Calculator, an in-game orbit calculator for Kerbal Space Program.
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Day length seems wrong? #11

Closed zeroinformatique closed 9 years ago

zeroinformatique commented 9 years ago

Kerbin's day is 6 hours, but I have the feeling you use 24h in SOC which gives wrong results.

stevehead commented 9 years ago

The plugin is a calculator using real world physics and SI units or SI derived units. The 6-hour day of Kerbin is more of a calendar feature similar to martian time on Mars; it should never be used in calculations of orbit and physical characteristics. Using 24-hour time exclusively also ensures no confusion for those that have solar system modifications from Kopernicus, such as 64k or RSS, which this plugin was originally designed for. This is personal opinion, but I recommend to change the settings in the stock game to use real 24-hour time as there is no justification to use the default 6-hour day length.