How do I lock a planet's orbit to an STC barycenter equator?

PlutonianEmpire · Post #1by **PlutonianEmpire** » 06.09.2010, 01:02

How do I get the orbit of a SSC planet to be locked to the "equator" of an STC-defined Barycenter?

For example, I have a barycenter with a defined Obliquity and EquatorAscendingNode. How do I lock a planet or a star's orbit to that? Meaning, that the Ecliptic of that solar system is the Barycenter's "equator".

Reiko · Post #2by **Reiko** » 06.09.2010, 10:23

Set the orbit inclination angle to the same as the obliquity.

PlutonianEmpire · Post #3by **PlutonianEmpire** » 07.09.2010, 21:43

No, I mean, if I change the Barycenter's obliquity, then the orbit's inclination changes with it. The same way it does for a moon orbiting a planet. That's what I'm looking for.

Hungry4info · Post #4by **Hungry4info** » 08.09.2010, 13:24

Can you do the EquatorAscendingNode line in the .stc file?

PlutonianEmpire · Post #5by **PlutonianEmpire** » 11.09.2010, 00:01

Hungry4info wrote:Can you do the EquatorAscendingNode line in the .stc file?

Yes. The orbits still won't auto-change.

Reiko · Post #6by **Reiko** » 14.09.2010, 20:21

Are you able to do it with a star but not a barycenter?

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