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Halo orbit simulation | |
Posted By: Mike <wessler@ai.mit.edu> | Date: 12/27/99 11:44 p.m. |
For anyone who still isn't sure what a "Halo orbit" means (and how something can orbit an empty point in space), I've written a planetary simulator to demonstrate exactly what's going on. It's a Java applet at:
Two halo orbits are demonstrated: one very close to L5, and another that makes a really weird-looking wide shape around L4. I plan to expand this a bit with some explanation of why this works later, but for now, enjoy the applet. Please send comments to wessler@ai.mit.edu. Happy New Year! Mike |
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Halo orbit simulation | Mike | 12/27/99 11:44 p.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Wirehead | 12/28/99 1:22 a.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Jägermeister | 12/28/99 2:28 a.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Someguy | 12/28/99 2:42 a.m. |
Chokezilla | Bachus | 12/28/99 2:58 a.m. |
Re: Chokezilla | Mike | 12/28/99 10:37 a.m. |
Re: Chokezilla | Jagu | 12/28/99 6:10 p.m. |
Re: Chokezilla | Gandalf | 12/28/99 2:35 p.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Jagu | 12/28/99 1:50 a.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Jagu | 12/28/99 1:51 a.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Frankenstein | 12/28/99 10:55 a.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Someguy | 12/28/99 1:42 p.m. |
Asprin! | Forensic | 12/28/99 3:43 p.m. |
Re: Asprin! | John Woods | 12/28/99 9:29 p.m. |
Re: Halo orbit simulation | Bounty | 12/28/99 7:25 p.m. |
Simulation/plot speculation | Forensic | 12/29/99 7:42 a.m. |
Additional Speculation | Desio | 12/29/99 8:18 a.m. |
Oh I almost forgot | Desio | 12/29/99 8:26 a.m. |
Re: Oh I almost forgot | Someguy | 12/29/99 3:18 p.m. |
Re: Oh I almost forgot | Desio | 12/29/99 7:12 p.m. |
But.. wait. | Xzzy | 12/28/99 10:14 p.m. |
Uh, wait more. :) | Xzzy | 12/28/99 10:20 p.m. |
Oops, my bad. | Xzzy | 12/29/99 6:41 p.m. |
Lagrange points (again... hard info this time) | Butcher | 12/28/99 10:50 p.m. |
Re: Lagrange points (again... hard info this time) | Desio | 12/29/99 7:26 a.m. |
Halo crashing into Threshold | Butcher | 12/29/99 2:22 p.m. |
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