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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:
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


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Halo orbit simulationMike 12/27/99 11:44 p.m.
     Re: Halo orbit simulationWirehead 12/28/99 1:22 a.m.
           Re: Halo orbit simulationJägermeister 12/28/99 2:28 a.m.
                 Re: Halo orbit simulationSomeguy 12/28/99 2:42 a.m.
                       ChokezillaBachus 12/28/99 2:58 a.m.
                             Re: ChokezillaMike 12/28/99 10:37 a.m.
                                   Re: ChokezillaJagu 12/28/99 6:10 p.m.
                             Re: ChokezillaGandalf 12/28/99 2:35 p.m.
     Re: Halo orbit simulationJagu 12/28/99 1:50 a.m.
     Re: Halo orbit simulationJagu 12/28/99 1:51 a.m.
     Re: Halo orbit simulationFrankenstein 12/28/99 10:55 a.m.
           Re: Halo orbit simulationSomeguy 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 simulationBounty 12/28/99 7:25 p.m.
           Simulation/plot speculationForensic 12/29/99 7:42 a.m.
                 Additional SpeculationDesio 12/29/99 8:18 a.m.
                       Oh I almost forgotDesio 12/29/99 8:26 a.m.
                             Re: Oh I almost forgotSomeguy 12/29/99 3:18 p.m.
                                   Re: Oh I almost forgotDesio 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 ThresholdButcher 12/29/99 2:22 p.m.



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