[Space] Orbital Spreadsheet & Information on Sol

Humabout · 07-10-2013, 05:00 PM

Orbital detail it will be then. I gave myself a headache last night over the math, and thanks to Brett, I found another issue I will need to solve with the spreadhseet. So for now, it's probably best it isn't very downloadable. LoL.

I've already been working on corrected formulae for the spreadsheet and can generate the orbital equation for the initial orbit based on the semi-major axis, eccentricity, true anomaly, and mass of the body being orbitted. I still need to sort out the orbital equation for the destination orbit and the distance between any point on either, given the true anomalies of both positions (the latter is pretty trivial). With that, I can give you brachistochrone transfer data. Hohmann transfers assume circular orbits, so if you want numbers for non-circular orbits, I will need to do some research. Eventually, I would like this to be that accurate, but I don't know what your time constraints are like, either.

[EDIT]
Updated the link so it downloads the file from Dropbox.

07-10-2013, 05:00 PM	#1
Humabout Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: [Space] Orbiatl Spreadsheet & Information on Sol Orbital detail it will be then. I gave myself a headache last night over the math, and thanks to Brett, I found another issue I will need to solve with the spreadhseet. So for now, it's probably best it isn't very downloadable. LoL. I've already been working on corrected formulae for the spreadsheet and can generate the orbital equation for the initial orbit based on the semi-major axis, eccentricity, true anomaly, and mass of the body being orbitted. I still need to sort out the orbital equation for the destination orbit and the distance between any point on either, given the true anomalies of both positions (the latter is pretty trivial). With that, I can give you brachistochrone transfer data. Hohmann transfers assume circular orbits, so if you want numbers for non-circular orbits, I will need to do some research. Eventually, I would like this to be that accurate, but I don't know what your time constraints are like, either. [EDIT] Updated the link so it downloads the file from Dropbox. __________________ Buy My Stuff! *Free Stuff:* Dungeon Action! Totem Spirits My Blog: Above the Flatline. Last edited by Humabout; 07-10-2013 at 05:05 PM.