Orbit problem

[James Brown]

How to make a planet that does not orbit a star?

 

[Horus Lupercal]

How to make a planet that does not orbit a star?

It has to orbit something, even if that thing isn't technically a star. Like the bigger packs have blackholes at the centre of the 'universe' and multiple stars orbiting that. But there has to be something in the centre as a reference point, even if it's a picture of a cat.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

How to make a planet that does not orbit a star?

A planet can orbit anything. It doesn't have to be a star. You can make Earth orbit Deimos, for example.

 

[SM84CE]

just make your orbiting body have the gravity of a star, and make it a reeeeeeealllllllly small point

 

[James Brown]

Altaïr? Where are u? I am looking for your comment

 

[TtTOtW]

Actually, Altaïr has not shown any sign of involvement in editing a planet himself. So, not exactly the person to seek help from on this subject.

 

[Altaïr]

Altaïr? Where are u? I am looking for your comment

Ok, here is my comment

But TtTOtW is right, I'm not a specialist into planet editing. But for what you want to do, I guess you just have to edit the parent in the ORBIT_DATA section.
For example:

●ORBIT_DATA●
{
"parent": "Jupiter",
"orbitHeight": 75200000.0,
"multiplierSOI": 1.25,
"orbitLineResolution": 100
}

This is the ORBIT_DATA section of Callisto. What tells you it orbits Jupiter is the "parent" parameter. You can set any existing body here (so you can make a moon of a moon of a moon...).

 

[TrenchRabbit]

I understand everything

 

[TtTOtW]

I understand everything

Let's test that claim

 

[TtTOtW]

I understand everything

Not even the greatest Expert among us know everything. We all learn from each other and from trial, error, experimentation and random events every single day.

 

[Altaïr]

I understand everything

Let's test that claim

I guess it's time for harder problems then.

Let's see... Where did I put my astrodynamics notebook? The one with all abstract and ununderstandable formulas...

 

[Roger Jolly]

I get lost beyond simple vectors, classical geometry gets me by on the ground

 

[TtTOtW]

I get lost beyond simple vectors, classical geometry gets me by on the ground

An understanding of empirical formulation actually helps a LOT.

 

[Gecko Gekkota]

ununderstandable formulas...

why are you looking in my notebook?

 

[Roger Jolly]

An understanding of empirical formulation actually helps a LOT.

Somehow I leaven and ferment without it

 

[James Brown]

Is he an orbitng expert?

 

[James Brown]

Ok, here is my comment

But TtTOtW is right, I'm not a specialist into planet editing. But for what you want to do, I guess you just have to edit the parent in the ORBIT_DATA section.
For example:

●ORBIT_DATA●
{
"parent": "Jupiter",
"orbitHeight": 75200000.0,
"multiplierSOI": 1.25,
"orbitLineResolution": 100
}

This is the ORBIT_DATA section of Callisto. What tells you it orbits Jupiter is the "parent" parameter. You can set any existing body here (so you can make a moon of a moon of a moon...).

You are right

 

[Altaïr]

Is he an orbitng expert?

I don't know who you are referring to, but if it's about me, yes and no. That's not my job, but I know a lot of formulas and other stuff about astrodynamics. This allowed me to make the delta-V map for example.

 

[James Brown]

I think you are good at math

 

[TtTOtW]

I think you are good at math

Hahaha... ya think??? Ok, let me not inform you of his job description...

 

[Altaïr]

I think you are good at math

Kinda

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

I think you are good at math

Kinda

For god's sake EPIC LOL.