How do I calculate a gas giant's altered trajectory?
Posted: 02.10.2010, 03:07
Eleven months ago, I posted a question about a rogue gas giant altering the Moon's orbit. Now I have a new question.
I have a new question about it.
Two years after this giant consumes Earth, it makes a close approach to Saturn. In Celestia, closest approach is 4,759,100 kilometers.
I've also modified the rogue a bit since the last post about it as well, and added more moons to it.
How do I determine the trajectories of both planets during and after the close approach?
Here's the new code for the planet:
I have a new question about it.
Two years after this giant consumes Earth, it makes a close approach to Saturn. In Celestia, closest approach is 4,759,100 kilometers.
I've also modified the rogue a bit since the last post about it as well, and added more moons to it.
How do I determine the trajectories of both planets during and after the close approach?
Here's the new code for the planet:
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"Plutonium" "Sol" {
Texture "gc_gasgt_04.jpg"
BumpMap "gc_gasgt_04-bump.jpg"
BumpHeight 1.16
Radius 32584.3794
Mass 34.667264 # 0.109 Jupiters
Oblateness 0.02
SpecularTexture "gc_gasgt_04-spec.jpg"
SpecularColor [ 1.00 1.00 0.75 ]
SpecularPower 32.76
Atmosphere {
Height 320
Lower [ 0.00 0.00 1.00 ]
Upper [ 0.00 0.00 0.20 ]
Sky [ 0.00 0.00 0.10 ]
CloudHeight 32
CloudSpeed 750
CloudMap "gc_gasgt_04-clouds.png"
Mie 0.001
MieAssymetry -0.30
Rayleigh [ 0.0005 0.001 0.007 ]
MieScaleHeight 20
}
EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 1000703.800
SemiMajorAxis 10000.000
Eccentricity 0.999990
Inclination 0.00325
AscendingNode 180.000
LongOfPericenter 121.29875
LongitudeNode 0.000
Epoch 2457888.5000
}
RotationPeriod 18.000
Obliquity 26.000
EquatorAscendingNode 85.3000
RotationOffset 226.4925
Albedo 0.430
Rings {
Inner 40032.60
Outer 96771.53
Texture "gc_rings_06.png"
}
}