Steven, I was puzzled because I took your bouncing ball metaphor literally.
Thanks David and Robert. I guess the graph approaches the path
described by bouncing ball as the
ellipse becomes flatter.
harry
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:01 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote:
The orbital
I have another update concerning my on-going theoretical research into
characteristics of celestial mechanic algorithms.
Last Wednesday I mentioned the fact that another way to graph an
elliptical orbit (an orbit that obeys Kepler's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laws)
would be to plot the satellite's
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:50 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote:
From Harry:
From OrionWorks:
What I can say is that the new system involves an alternative way of
graphing out a periodic orbit - where you plot an elliptical orbit on a
TIME-LINE chart. The
Speed increases as the satellite orbits closer to its parent, and slows as the
orbit is extended. As the x-axis is a linear representation of time, the
changes in speed during orbit serve to compress the wave troughs and expand
the wave peaks. Thus the wave resembles more of a bouncing ball
The orbital distance is changing faster when the object is closest to the earth
which would tend to look like a quick bounce. At the far spacing, the change
in orbital distance is slower depending upon the elliptical shape. The
mathematical equation defining the function of orbital distance
Steven,
Have you played with celestia?
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Back to the topic. The original article from Nature:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/nature10836.html
mic
Il giorno 28 febbraio 2012 15:53, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
svj.orionwo...@gmail.com ha
From Michele:
Have you played with celestia?
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
No, I haven't. I'll take a closer look at the tour when I get some time.
Back to the topic. The original article from Nature:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/nature10836.html
Thanks for
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:54 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
orionwo...@charter.net wrote:
What I can say is that the new system involves an alternative way of graphing
out a periodic orbit - where you plot an elliptical orbit on a TIME-LINE
chart. The orbital distance is the Y
From Harry:
From OrionWorks:
What I can say is that the new system involves an alternative way of
graphing out a periodic orbit - where you plot an elliptical orbit on a
TIME-LINE chart. The orbital distance is the Y vertical value and the
horizontal X value is the time value.
That
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