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24 Jul 2017 09:41

Whaat? This are huge news! Did you already start working on it or it is such an easy implementation that it can be ready in just a month? 
It could take less than a week, there are plenty of free astronomical code libraries exist for this.
Good good, i thought was like that ;) I hope to see the update very soon !
 
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24 Jul 2017 13:39

It is planned for object and spacecraft/module can have a animated texture gif like a advertisement, traffic lights or other utilization ?
Also, the new class will be obsolete systems catalogs actual or it is compatible ?
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24 Jul 2017 16:28

Old classes could be useful in scripts, for a backward compatibility. Engine can easily automatically translate old classes to the new ones, for example desert -> desertic rocky terra.
 
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24 Jul 2017 16:41

Old classes could be useful in scripts, for a backward compatibility. Engine can easily automatically translate old classes to the new ones, for example desert -> desertic rocky terra.
Nice, old catalogs are compatible. Thanks for this information.
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24 Jul 2017 16:58

News about development now will be in a form of blog. This thread is for discussion.
 
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24 Jul 2017 17:11

Do we have an estimated release date for this update? I'm hyped!
No.
I planning to implement VSOP87/DE403 soon, and maybe release a quick patch for 0.980 with this feature only. Before the total solar eclipse in August.
Nice but when and where total solar eclipse in August ?
21st of August, visible in (only) the mainland USA.

Thanks. I'm kinda let down.  :(
 
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24 Jul 2017 18:14

The VSOP87 mechanics, do they include the gradual slowing of the Earth's rotation from the moon's tidal influences? For example, I manually calculated the Earth's new RotationPeriod to he 23.9347254 for my addon set 51 thousand years into the future. Would the Earth have a similar RotationPeriod witu VSOP87 after setting the game time to that date?

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News about development now will be in a form of blog. This thread is for discussion.
Maybe one way to filter barycenters from the SS explorer would be to exclude barycenter points that go below a planet's surface for any amount of time (maybe radius + bumpheight for example) from being classified as a binary?
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24 Jul 2017 18:37

Maybe one way to filter barycenters from the SS explorer would be to exclude barycenter points that go below a planet's surface for any amount of time (maybe radius + bumpheight for example) from being classified as a binary?
No, mass ratio is the appropriate way to do this, otherwise Sun-Jupiter must be classed as binary.
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24 Jul 2017 19:25

The Sun's and Jupiter's barycenter is outside the Sun? I never would have guessed considering their relative masses o_O
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24 Jul 2017 21:04

The Sun's and Jupiter's barycenter is outside the Sun? I never would have guessed considering their relative masses o_O
Because you forget how far apart they are. Barycenter location is determined by a combination of mass ratio AND distance. This is why barycenter location alone is useless. Any pair of objects can have a barycenter located in open space if they're far enough apart.
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24 Jul 2017 22:02

Will there be an option to switch between the new and old classification system?
 
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25 Jul 2017 04:05

tbh I don't mind Earth and Moon being classified as a binary in SE, after all they still have the closest mass ratio of the major planets, plus they looks cool tegether in the system browser :)
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25 Jul 2017 06:00

they still have the closest mass ratio of the major planets
Just because they're the closest doesn't mean they're close enough to be classed as binary. Earth is nearly two orders of magnitude more massive than the Moon. Do you really think they should be binary?
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25 Jul 2017 06:19

they still have the closest mass ratio of the major planets
Just because they're the closest doesn't mean they're close enough to be classed as binary. Earth is nearly two orders of magnitude more massive than the Moon. Do you really think they should be binary?
I'm not saying that, I don't actually consider them a binary planet. I was just saying that I wouldn't mind.
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25 Jul 2017 06:50

they still have the closest mass ratio of the major planets
Just because they're the closest doesn't mean they're close enough to be classed as binary. Earth is nearly two orders of magnitude more massive than the Moon. Do you really think they should be binary?
Plus their barycenter is located within earth.

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