[SPACE] Tidal braking

[dataweaver]

Originally Posted by Schedim

I still worrying this old bone... I tried to apply this in my systemgenerator, but one thing is bugging me,. Shouldnt you begin with the SHORTEST moon orbit time when you do the iterations. So the planet rotation progression go:

Starting Rotation -> Shortest Moon Orbit time -> Next Moon Orbit Time -> <repeat until S2 >= S1 or you run out of Moons -> Planet Orbital Time

Or has I gravely misread something?

S1 is the set of tidal forces conspiring to lengthen the planet's day, while S2 is the set of tidal forces conspiring to shorten its day. As long as S2 < S1, the net forces are conspiring to lengthen the day; so you should indeed go from shortest to longest rotational period.