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Halo orbit simulation
Posted By: Mike <wessler@ai.mit.edu>	Date: 12/28/99 5:44 a.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: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/wessler/halo/ 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

Message Index

Halo orbit simulation	Mike	12/28/99 5:44 a.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Wirehead	12/28/99 7:22 a.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Jägermeister	12/28/99 8:28 a.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Someguy	12/28/99 8:42 a.m.
Chokezilla	Bachus	12/28/99 8:58 a.m.
Re: Chokezilla	Mike	12/28/99 4:37 p.m.
Re: Chokezilla	Jagu	12/29/99 12:10 a.m.
Re: Chokezilla	Gandalf	12/28/99 8:35 p.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Jagu	12/28/99 7:50 a.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Jagu	12/28/99 7:51 a.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Frankenstein	12/28/99 4:55 p.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Someguy	12/28/99 7:42 p.m.
Asprin!	Forensic	12/28/99 9:43 p.m.
Re: Asprin!	John Woods	12/29/99 3:29 a.m.
Re: Halo orbit simulation	Bounty	12/29/99 1:25 a.m.
Simulation/plot speculation	Forensic	12/29/99 1:42 p.m.
Additional Speculation	Desio	12/29/99 2:18 p.m.
Oh I almost forgot	Desio	12/29/99 2:26 p.m.
Re: Oh I almost forgot	Someguy	12/29/99 9:18 p.m.
Re: Oh I almost forgot	Desio	12/30/99 1:12 a.m.
But.. wait.	Xzzy	12/29/99 4:14 a.m.
Uh, wait more. :)	Xzzy	12/29/99 4:20 a.m.
Oops, my bad.	Xzzy	12/30/99 12:41 a.m.
Lagrange points (again... hard info this time)	Butcher	12/29/99 4:50 a.m.
Re: Lagrange points (again... hard info this time)	Desio	12/29/99 1:26 p.m.
Halo crashing into Threshold	Butcher	12/29/99 8:22 p.m.