Recent content by ganafu

You're right, that would probably keep the scale more "true". However, when I'm zoomed in on just the Earth-Moon system, with my constellation of pseudo-geostationary satellites (under construction) and space station in LEO, the satellites will appear correct relative to the moon. Without...

920 km gives approximately 27.3 revolutions per lunar cycle, so the satellite is then scaled correctly based on the moon’s orbit.

Thanks for the explanation of scale error, and the ridiculously quick reply! I saw your discussion above, treating geostationary as one revolution in real time. Despite the inconsistent scaling, I think I'll stick with 920 km so I'm at least timed to one SFS sidereal day.

Hi all, just came across this thread. I'm getting 920 km for geostationary based on 27.3 satellite rotations for one lunar rotation. I believe this is correct, but please let me know where I'm going wrong vs. the 1789 km value above and here: Earth