Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged orbital-mechanics

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Q&A Centripetal Burn in Orbit

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Josh Hyatt‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Inverse orbital direction

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Zavael‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A What is the highest theoretical escape velocity a 2 billion metric ton vehicle can achieve using a >20$^{\circ}$ gravitational slingshot?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Vogon Poet‭ · edited over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How to Calculate Apparent Magnitude/Brightness of Planets from Within the same Solar System

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by A.E. Stephenson‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by A.E. Stephenson‭

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Q&A Earth-sized Moon with Host Planet launched from Star System

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user76027‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user76027‭

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Q&A Is it possible for a moon to stay on the same side of its planet relative to the sun?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by LonelyCryptid‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by LonelyCryptid‭

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Q&A I want ten Earth-years long day on my planet. Can I have it?

6 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Zjerzy‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Zjerzy‭

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Q&A Binary Star System Build - Alpha Centauri

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by user72655‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user72655‭

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Q&A Minimal mass of an Earth-like satellite to seriously deter space travel?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Udon Nomaneim‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Udon Nomaneim‭

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Q&A Could co-orbital planets also be double planets?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Axion‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Axion‭

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Q&A How close an orbit could you get to Earth with a planet-sized object/ship without severely disrupting Earth's orbit?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by DWKraus‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by DWKraus‭

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Q&A If Earth had a sideways axial tilt (like Uranus), would Earth still have tornadoes?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by user6760‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user6760‭

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Q&A What kind of lunar orbit would cause a total solar eclipse to happen once a day?

7 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Double_S‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Double_S‭

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Q&A Are Orbital Rings feasible to construct in another star system?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user72655‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user72655‭

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Q&A How long to become a habitable planet

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user72655‭

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Q&A Binary planets that are not tidally locked

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by user72655‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user72655‭

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Q&A What are the odds that an alien spaceship entering a low Earth orbit would collide with an orbiting body?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by WhittlesJr‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by WhittlesJr‭

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Q&A Gravity/Ecosystem on a peanut-shaped planet?

2 answers · posted almost 4 years ago by DiagonalCorgi‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by DiagonalCorgi‭

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Q&A What would be the impact on Titan, Saturn and the Solar system if aliens harvested as much hydrocarbons as possible from Saturn's moon?

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by toncha‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by toncha‭

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Q&A Would it be more efficient to build fleets in orbit?

9 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by user6760‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Can a moon orbit a planet's southern pole?

10 answers · posted over 1 year ago by mrkv12‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by mrkv12‭

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Q&A How Would These Planets Affect Earth's Eccentricity?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A Habitable Planet with Highly Eliptical Orbit

12 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by WillRoss1‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by WillRoss1‭

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Q&A The Nightfall / Kalgash System

1 answer · posted over 3 years ago by Trish‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Trish‭

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Q&A After surviving a black hole/wormhole, what are the chances of Earth start orbiting in a new solar system?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Dawidek‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Dawidek‭

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Q&A What if Jupiter and Mars swapped orbits?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by mico villena‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by mico villena‭

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Q&A Would tidal acceleration mean doom for this system?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Axion‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Axion‭

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Q&A What size asteroid is needed to move the Sun?

9 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Gerwin‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Gerwin‭

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Q&A Could some natural process on a moon do enough stationkeeping to sustain an impossible orbit?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by SRM‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by SRM‭

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Q&A What did the night sky look like 63 million years ago?

3 answers · posted over 6 years ago by fluffy‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by fluffy‭

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Q&A A supermassive black hole is coming our way. When's the latest that we would notice?

3 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by bantu‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by bantu‭

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Q&A What kind of event, if any, would knock the moon off its orbit, without destroying it?

9 answers · posted 7y ago by guido‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by guido‭

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Q&A Habitable Planet in the L2 Lagrange Point of a Hot Jupiter

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by WillRoss1‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by WillRoss1‭

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Q&A Space elevator off Europa without running into a nearby moon?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by levininja‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by levininja‭

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Q&A Is it safe to orbit HDE 226868?

5 answers · posted over 4 years ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A The major effects on the habitability of exomoons orbiting this Brown Dwarf

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Axion‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Axion‭

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Q&A General effects (and narrative practicality) of a moon with an extreme elliptic orbit

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Tommy‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Tommy‭

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Q&A Ideal sun type and corresponding effects for a terrestrial planet with 256 days in a year?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by P. M. B.‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by P. M. B.‭

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Q&A Can two moons have intersecting orbits yet be guaranteed not to collide?

5 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Frank Harris‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Frank Harris‭

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Q&A Is this planet-moon system possible?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A What would the effects be on a planet whose moon orbits at a speed just faster than a geosynchronous orbit, so there are more months than days?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by StrandsW‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by StrandsW‭

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Q&A Duplicate Earth and Moon, where should I put it?

3 answers · posted almost 6 years ago by Jazzylee‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Jazzylee‭

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Q&A Are elliptical rings feasible?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Navigation on a planet with an eccentric orbit

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by John Lewis‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by John Lewis‭

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Q&A Feasibility of extra-lunar capture

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Darius Arcturus‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Darius Arcturus‭

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Q&A If the Moon Titan Orbits Earth

1 answer · posted almost 6 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A How can an Earth-like moon meet these angular diameter conditions?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Binary World Mechanics

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Darius Arcturus‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Darius Arcturus‭

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Q&A Can an Unstable Ternary Star System Last Several Hundred Years?

2 answers · posted 2y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A What star can give an earth-like planet a 1-day year?

5 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Vogon Poet‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Vogon Poet‭

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