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Re: Unstable orbits... Why use a halo orbit?
Posted By: SiliconDream =PN= <querl@uclink4.berkeley.edu>	Date: 12/21/99 11:40 p.m.
In Response To: Unstable orbits... Why use a halo orbit? (Noctavis =PN=) > Yes, it's unstable... such an object would not be able to stay > there until the stars go dark, unless it had some sort of > stabalizing system. It's still an excellent solution... and it > would require less work to maintain than other positions very > close to the Halo. Another point in its favor is that a satellite at the center can enter a "torosynchronous orbit" simply by rotating at the same angular velocity as the Halo; it will keep its cameras aimed at the same spot on the ground. A satellite floating at any other point would need to vary the angular velocity of its cameras; not an impossible task, but one which requires slightly more computational ability and continually drains a small amount of power. --SiliconDream

Message Index

Human Space Capability	Napalm Loon	12/17/99 7:33 a.m.
...But where would they orbit?	septimus	12/17/99 11:39 a.m.
Re: ...But where would they orbit?	Grey	12/17/99 12:40 p.m.
I'm dissapointed in you guys...	Maxaminus	12/17/99 2:05 p.m.
Two possible definitions.	Dispatcher	12/17/99 9:33 p.m.
Re: I'm dissapointed in you guys...	SiliconDream =PN=	12/17/99 9:43 p.m.
Re: ...But where would they orbit?	Jägermeister	12/17/99 1:22 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mark Levin	12/17/99 2:15 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mage	12/17/99 2:32 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mark Levin	12/17/99 2:38 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mage	12/17/99 4:13 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Maxaminus	12/17/99 4:45 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mage	12/17/99 11:06 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mark Levin	12/18/99 12:42 a.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mage	12/18/99 11:31 a.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mr. Eez	12/17/99 4:27 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	MacGuyver	12/17/99 4:49 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Mark Levin	12/17/99 5:02 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	SiliconDream =PN=	12/17/99 9:42 p.m.
Uses for the Halo's axis...	Noctavis =PN=	12/20/99 3:31 p.m.
Stable Orbits (again)	Butcher	12/21/99 1:36 a.m.
Placing a satellite in the center of the Halo	Noctavis =PN=	12/21/99 10:35 a.m.
Re: Placing a satellite in the center of the Halo	Butcher	12/21/99 2:33 p.m.
Unstable orbits... Why use a halo orbit?	Noctavis =PN=	12/21/99 6:31 p.m.
Tides on the Halo	Butcher	12/21/99 7:03 p.m.
Re: Tides on the Halo	Someguy	12/21/99 8:00 p.m.
Re: Tides on the Halo	Butcher	12/21/99 9:35 p.m.
Re: soell	•Mimer	12/25/99 3:55 p.m.
Re: soell	Matt	12/27/99 11:53 a.m.
Re: soell	Daft Shadow =PN=	12/27/99 4:11 p.m.
Re: soell	Bachus	12/27/99 6:50 p.m.
Re: Unstable orbits... Why use a halo orbit?	SiliconDream =PN=	12/21/99 11:40 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Nathan	12/20/99 4:37 a.m.
Re: Rotations	Forensic	12/20/99 11:58 a.m.
Re: Rotations	SiliconDream =PN=	12/20/99 2:21 p.m.
Re: Rotations	btrinen	12/20/99 2:53 p.m.
Gravity	SyberSmoke	12/20/99 3:09 p.m.
Re: Gravity	SiliconDream =PN=	12/21/99 11:00 p.m.
Re: Rotations	Noctavis =PN=	12/20/99 3:11 p.m.
Re: Rotations	Aiden	12/20/99 8:08 p.m.
Spin that ring	L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")	12/20/99 5:12 p.m.
Re: Spin that ring	Dispatcher	12/20/99 9:43 p.m.
Re: Spin that ring	L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")	12/21/99 10:25 a.m.
Re: Spin that ring	Dispatcher	12/21/99 11:10 p.m.
L1? or L4-5?	Oddot	12/22/99 10:24 a.m.
Re: L1? or L4-5?	L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")	12/22/99 2:54 p.m.
Q: How do you spin the Halo?	Ironfist [CMG]	12/20/99 5:41 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Chris Huff	12/20/99 6:59 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Ringdude	12/20/99 7:18 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	SiliconDream =PN=	12/21/99 11:06 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Someguy	12/21/99 11:11 p.m.
Re: Internal orbits	SiliconDream =PN=	12/22/99 4:06 a.m.
Re: Internal orbits	Thomas Magle Brodersen	12/21/99 3:06 a.m.