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by Mr. Missed Her
14 Nov 2017 11:43
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Interstellar travel thread
Replies: 70
Views: 28783

How do you think we can get to Proxima b?

15482 Debris shouldn't be a problem until arriving at the Centauri system, perhaps.  If any probes are lost there, that will be valuable data. Counter-intuitively it is the cruise through interstellar space that poses the greater risk to the probe.  Interstellar space is more empty, but there is a ...
by Mr. Missed Her
29 Oct 2017 14:10
Forum: Off-topic Discussions
Topic: Show your desktop!
Replies: 56
Views: 41927

Show your desktop!

My desktop background: line puffer trail.png It's the trail of a line puffer after it settled down. I made sure to pick a spot with pulsars. The background for the computers at school: line puffer trail chromebook.png Same general thing, but I used a less wide line puffer so the image would fit the ...
by Mr. Missed Her
29 Oct 2017 13:06
Forum: Space Journeys
Topic: Could you smack into a planet traveling at max speed?
Replies: 8
Views: 6297

Could you smack into a planet traveling at max speed?

How does Space Engine simulate a planet's interior? If it doesn't simulate the interior at all, then collisions would only happen when the spaceship is touching the surface or the atmosphere. This would complicate things.
by Mr. Missed Her
29 Oct 2017 12:59
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Can you prove that the Earth isn't a hollow sphere?
Replies: 51
Views: 24219

Can you prove that the Earth isn't a hollow sphere?

if the earth is hollow then einstein is wrong
If the Earth is hollow, then everybody is wrong. Except this guy who thinks the Earth is hollow.
by Mr. Missed Her
24 Oct 2017 20:08
Forum: Off-topic Discussions
Topic: Totally off-topic thread
Replies: 1066
Views: 379363

Totally off-topic thread

There is a Windows installer for fraqtive here.
Thanks!
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by Mr. Missed Her
24 Oct 2017 15:00
Forum: Off-topic Discussions
Topic: Totally off-topic thread
Replies: 1066
Views: 379363

Totally off-topic thread

14987 Can anyone find a really fast Mandelbrot viewer? On Linux I like fraqtive.  It's fast, draws beautifully, and it also shows the corresponding julia set.  You can zoom in to about 10^13. Here's a nice zoom (to 10^99).  I don't know of any fast software capable of going that deep, as it require...
by Mr. Missed Her
23 Oct 2017 18:58
Forum: Off-topic Discussions
Topic: Totally off-topic thread
Replies: 1066
Views: 379363

Totally off-topic thread

Can anyone find a really fast Mandelbrot viewer? I would be so happy just zooming around a seamlessly generated Mandelbrot image.
(I didn't know anywhere better to put this.)
by Mr. Missed Her
16 Oct 2017 15:19
Forum: Space Journeys
Topic: Image Dump
Replies: 3098
Views: 942045

Image Dump

My version of the Eye of Sauron scr03772.jpg Nice. Anyways, I'll put my LOTR discussion in a spoiler for those who haven't read it. I think its the second book, whichever has Moria. I realize that when I said Gandalf vs. the Balrog,  Aborygen ,   you probably thought of the bridge scene with "...
by Mr. Missed Her
15 Oct 2017 16:27
Forum: Space Journeys
Topic: Image Dump
Replies: 3098
Views: 942045

Image Dump

Is this Gandalf vs. the Balrog?
more like Sauron eye ;)
The eye of Sauron should be located at Barad-Dûr. Can anyone find any medieval, mystical towers in Space Engine?
by Mr. Missed Her
14 Oct 2017 15:25
Forum: Space Journeys
Topic: Image Dump
Replies: 3098
Views: 942045

Image Dump

Image
Is this Gandalf vs. the Balrog?
by Mr. Missed Her
13 Oct 2017 15:17
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Science and Astronomy Questions
Replies: 1937
Views: 625158

Science and Astronomy Questions

Yes! Yes! YES! I HAVE FOUND IT!!!! I HAVE IT YES AHAH HAHAHA [maniacal laughing] (\frac{r}{1+ε \cos (2 \pi ft + 2 \pi fa)} \sin (2 \pi ft)+h, \frac{r}{1+ε \cos (2 \pi ft + 2 \pi fa)+k)} \cos(2 \pi ft) I realized that my point for circular rotation was a polar coordinate in disguise. With this point:...
by Mr. Missed Her
13 Oct 2017 11:57
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Science and Astronomy Questions
Replies: 1937
Views: 625158

Science and Astronomy Questions

Mr. Missed Her , I'm afraid this may be disappointing, but simply using the equation for an ellipse will not help you determine the position as a function of time for an orbit, because the speed is not constant but rather must obey the vis viva equation . Yeah, I figured that out. My main problem i...
by Mr. Missed Her
12 Oct 2017 15:22
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Science and Astronomy News
Replies: 992
Views: 326085

Science and Astronomy News

Since we're talking about dark energy, I've got to ask: What if we're just in a less dense region of space bigger than the observable universe? The more dense universe around our patch would be pulling everything away from our observable region, and it looks like the universe is expanding. Of course...
by Mr. Missed Her
12 Oct 2017 08:58
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Science and Astronomy Questions
Replies: 1937
Views: 625158

Science and Astronomy Questions

I'm not hopeful for those calculators, because neither seem to be in depth on the body's position in space and time. But I might be on to something, because if I can figure out how to make the radius of a circular orbit oscillate in the right way, it'll be elliptical. This is good, because I have a ...
by Mr. Missed Her
12 Oct 2017 06:15
Forum: Science and Astronomy Discussions
Topic: Science and Astronomy News
Replies: 992
Views: 326085

Science and Astronomy News

14644 This could explain dark energy It could explain dark matter, but not dark energy.  (This might just be a slip of terminology, and the two do often get confused).  Dark energy must be a sort of repulsive force which is uniform through the entire universe (does not collapse into structures the ...