The earth sits on the orbits of its orbiting objects

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The earth sits on the orbits of its orbiting objects

Post #1by Joe » 09.03.2004, 20:47

I am not sure this is not a dummy 8O question, but I asked for help, please. I was running Celestia 1.3.1 on my XP and enjoying every bit of this wonderful software. But I found that the earth sit on the orbits of its satellites. Should it be wrapped inside the orbits or is it a depth rendering problems?

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Post #2by Bob Hegwood » 10.03.2004, 00:59

Joe,

It might help if you could post a picture of the problem. I'm not sure that I even understand what your trying to say here. Do you mean that the orbit line of the Moon is running through the Earth? If not, can you explain the problem a little better?

Sorry. I'm one of the slow Celestia Users. That's why my website is called "Celestia For The Brain-Dead." :wink:

Take care, Bob
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Post #3by selden » 10.03.2004, 01:40

Bob,

I'm sure Joe means that orbit paths are always drawn behind the orbiting bodies.

Unfortunately, this is a long-standing problem in Celestia. The segments of orbit paths are not being depth sorted. Hopefully some day...
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Post #4by Evil Dr Ganymede » 10.03.2004, 03:45

Like this?

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(note, Phobos' orbit in completely "behind" Mars).

I never even noticed that before... 8O

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Post #5by JackHiggins » 13.03.2004, 12:59

Evil Dr. wrote:Like this?

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(note, Phobos' orbit in completely "behind" Mars).

I never even noticed that before... 8O

Really? That "bug" has been there forever, and it's been talked about many times... Doesn't look like it'll be fixed any time soon though...
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