egg changed the topic of #principia to: Logs: https://esper.irclog.whitequark.org/principia | <scott_manley> anyone that doubts the wisdom of retrograde bop needs to get the hell out | https://xkcd.com/323/ | <egg> calculating the influence of lamont on Pluto is a bit silly…
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⟨n9gaming⟩ Haven't played with Principia for about a year now, and I just have to say the recent updates and additions are awesome, thanks for all the time and work invested it's very appreciated ♥
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⟨jasman3764⟩ ⟪egg⟫ Just use the information given by the […] ⮪ What do you do when you want to see what your Periapsis is in the atmosphere. For example, for a capsule descent I want to get the Peri to 70km. How do I do this with Pricipia?
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⟨egg⟩ Daedalus replying to your earlier question here now that I can see the numbers: you are indeed using the wrong settings. Further, even if you were using the right settings, changing the initial positions and velocities must be done with great care; that change may need to be coupled with changes to the gravitational parameters to get a consistent model. Since there does not appear to be an actual practical problem with the data we...
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... have, I don’t think it needs to be fixed.
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⟨egg⟩ (also, it’s not a good idea to delete your question two days later, that makes it really confusing to follow the discussion.)
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⟨egg⟩ Also, please don’t delete your question a day after posting it here, that makes the conversation really confusing to follow.