Satellite game

[MartG]

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/satel...

Click to create a new satellite, then watch it's orbit. If your mouse is moving when you click, the satellite starts with the speed your mouse was moving at. Very difficult to get one that doesn't either vanish off into deep space or crash into the Earth or Moon

[grim_d]

Ive managed to get a few to orbit, im going to leave it till later and see if theres any left.

[DrTre]

grim_d said:

Ive managed to get a few to orbit, im going to leave it till later and see if theres any left.

I just did that by accident.

Clicked around the earth about a bazillion times to see if bombarding it with asteroids would blow it up (it doesn't), then got bored, left it, came back here and dossed about and then clicked back and there's 3 left in very close, eccentric orbits but they're doing fine.

[grim_d]

Yeah ive got a couple getting very close to perfect orbit.

quite a cool app.

[Graham E]

got one orbiting the moon. i win


Edit to add - not any more, rip moon satelite. Still have loads round earth tho

Edited by Graham E on Thursday 11th June 19:29

[Dyl]

Good wee game, I somehow managed to get one to do 3 figure of eights around the Earth & Moon before it crashed

[DIW35]

What's the most successful direction - clockwise or anti-clockwise?

[grim_d]

all of mine end up going clockwise