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19 Aug 2018 13:21

How to make a simple binary solar system.

1. Create a StarBarycenter:
// Example

StarBarycenter "MyTestStar"
{
    RA      10 25 12.57
    Dec     -27 37 12.87
    Dist    171.53
    
    Class   "G2 V"
}
BinTestBary.sc
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(The script belongs in 'addons\catalogs\stars'.)

Sometimes something like this appears:
Type            Blue hypergiant
Spectrum        O0 0
Therefore I recommend to use the spectral class of the main star as 'Class'.
(But that only happens when you make a 'StarBarycenter' without a 'Star'.)

2. Create two Stars.
// Example

Star "MyTestStar A"
{
    ParentBody  "MyTestStar"
    Class       "G2 V"
    
    MassSol     1
    
    Orbit
    {
        SemiMajorAxis   0.333333333333333
        Period          0.816496580927726
        Eccentricity    0.0
        Inclination     0.0
        AscendingNode   0.0
        ArgOfPericenter 0.0
        MeanAnomaly     0.0
    }
}

Star "MyTestStar B"
{
    ParentBody  "MyTestStar"
    Class       "K2 V"
    
    MassSol     0.5
    
    Orbit
    {
        SemiMajorAxis   0.666666666666667
        Period          0.816496580927726
        Eccentricity    0.0
        Inclination     0.0
        AscendingNode   0.0
        ArgOfPericenter 180.0
        MeanAnomaly     0.0
    }
}
BinTestSys.sc
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The script belongs in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.

Eccentricity, Inclination; AscendingNode and MeanAnomaly must be the same for both stars. (I set all values to 0)
ArgOfPericenter must differ by 180 degrees.

SemiMajorAxis and Period must be calculated.

SemiMajorAxis is calculated using this formula:
     SemiMajorAxis = Distance * MassA / (MassA + MassB)
and
    SemiMajorAxis = Distance * MassB / (MassA + MassB)
Distance is the distance between the two stars in astronomical units (Au)
MassA is the mass of star A in solar masses and MassB is the mass of star B in solar masses.
(The second SemiMajoAxis can also be calculated by subtracting the first SemiMajorAxis from the distance.)

The smaller value of SemiMajorAxis belongs to the more massive star!

Period is calculated as follows:
   Period = sqrt(DistanceAu^3 / (MassSolA + MassSolB))
That's it.
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22 Aug 2018 14:36

JackDole, I would like to say that you do us all an enormous service by designing these mods. There is obviously a lot of passion (and one or more sleepless nights!) put in these addons, and its my hope that they will be permanent features to the program. I think I speak for everyone when I say that the SE universe is not the same without JackDole's Universe! 
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JackDole has been my script writing idol for over a year now. He's a madman and a genius.
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23 Aug 2018 00:36

JackDole, I would like to say that you do us all an enormous service by designing these mods. There is obviously a lot of passion (and one or more sleepless nights!) put in these addons, and its my hope that they will be permanent features to the program. I think I speak for everyone when I say that the SE universe is not the same without JackDole's Universe!
JackDole has been my script writing idol for over a year now. He's a madman and a genius
I will not comment on these comments :!: 8-) :)
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03 Oct 2018 03:11

The Goblin / 2015 TG387
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_TG387
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/scie ... sun-space/
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// The Goblin
// JackDole 2018.10.03 09:38:36

// https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3830896;old=0;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#elem
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_TG387

DwarfPlanet "2015 TG387/Goblin"
{
    ParentBody  "Sol"
    Class       "Asteroid"
    AsterType   "TNO"       // TNO - E-SDO - sednoid
    
    Radius      150
    
    DiscDate    "2015.10.13"
    //Pioneer     "David J. Tholen, Scott Sheppard; Chad Trujillo"
    
    AbsMagn     5.3293
    
    Orbit
    {
        Eccentricity    0.9383159690961709
        SemiMajorAxis   1051.155362097174
        PericenterDist  64.83949984032779
        Inclination     11.66386089082755
        AscendingNode   300.8964465557465
        ArgOfPericen    118.3176254179276
        MeanAnomaly     359.3595902413801
        Period          34080.70
        MeanMotion      2.8920360937668e-05
        Epoch           2458200.5
    }
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TheGoblin.sc
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(Put in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.)
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05 Oct 2018 01:18

Two blackholes ...
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(The system is called 'Doubhol'.)
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14 Oct 2018 02:03

A moon with a moon ...
Eins.jpg
Zwei.jpg
(This .pak file belongs in the folder 'addons'.)
SereLleuLeud.pak
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This addon only works with SE 0.980_e !
(And with the current version of SE 0.990.)

If you also want a moon for the moon of the moon, put this script in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.
Saor.sc
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Drei.jpg
Vier.jpg
The sun of the system is called 'Sere Lleu Lleud'. The planet is called 'Clydwr' or 'Sere IV'. The moon is called 'Lleud / Sere IV.1'. The moon of the moon is called 'Lleu'.
(And the moon of the moon of the moon is called 'Soar'.)
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18 Oct 2018 04:56

Some versions of my Matrioshka Brain.
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An accident.
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19 Oct 2018 00:31

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27 Oct 2018 21:43

A moon with a moon ...
Eins.jpgZwei.jpg
(This .pak file belongs in the folder 'addons'.)
SereLleuLeud.pak
This addon only works with SE 0.980_e !
(And with the current version of SE 0.990.)

If you also want a moon for the moon of the moon, put this script in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.
Saor.sc
Drei.jpgVier.jpg

The sun of the system is called 'Sere Lleu Lleud'. The planet is called 'Clydwr' or 'Sere IV'. The moon is called 'Lleud / Sere IV.1'. The moon of the moon is called 'Lleu'.
(And the moon of the moon of the moon is called 'Soar'.)
You uploaded this on my birthday.
 
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27 Oct 2018 21:57

A moon with a moon ...
Eins.jpgZwei.jpg
(This .pak file belongs in the folder 'addons'.)
SereLleuLeud.pak
This addon only works with SE 0.980_e !
(And with the current version of SE 0.990.)

If you also want a moon for the moon of the moon, put this script in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.
Saor.sc
Drei.jpgVier.jpg

The sun of the system is called 'Sere Lleu Lleud'. The planet is called 'Clydwr' or 'Sere IV'. The moon is called 'Lleud / Sere IV.1'. The moon of the moon is called 'Lleu'.
(And the moon of the moon of the moon is called 'Soar'.)
I seem to be encountering a small problem with this. At certain angles the moons unrender/derender.
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28 Oct 2018 00:39

I seem to be encountering a small problem with this. At certain angles the moons unrender/derender.
That's a known bug. Possibly caused by the unusual hierarchy of the objects.
But maybe the bug is already fixed in the current, non-public beta version of SE. At least I can not reproduce it till yet.
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30 Oct 2018 05:41

Tri Star
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The planet is called Canlan.
For the background stars and the nebula you need this addon: JDVClusterNebulae.pak
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10 Nov 2018 04:04

Rocheworld
(Somebody asked for it ...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocheworld
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(Put in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.)

The planets are called 'Water' and 'Rock' (or 'Desert').
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10 Nov 2018 19:56

very good  :)
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