Topic: What is going on here?

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 started this discussion 7 years ago #82,320

This is a simulation with a lot of moons orbit Earth so a lot of collisions, but did the Earth just go into orbit around this one moon while this one moon is in orbit around the Earth?

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #951,157

Earths can't orbit around moons. Wtf

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 23 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #951,167

if they have a similar mass they'd both be orbiting a common point/barycenter between the two
like Pluto and Charon

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 13 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #951,171

@previous (C)
The Matonax object here is actually smaller in mass. I think it was around 28.3 moons while the Earth was at 1.57 Earths. The orbit of the Earth around Matonax soon disappeared after this while Matonax's orbit around Earth remained.

@951,157 (B)
I have no idea what any of this shit means since I'm not an astronomer. I mostly just like watching these different simulations.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 9 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #951,173

> I think it was around 28.3 moons while the Earth was at 1.57 Earths.

Wow, you seem smart.

Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #951,179

@951,171 (Catherine !ttGirlsPl2)
ok then have fun

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #951,181

@951,173 (D)
That's what it said in the game under mass. Not sure why those were the measurements.

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