Recent content by LightningInAJar

I wasn't going to model the earth. Just have the edge of the orbit. 3D printing it should be cheap. Not a major project. Just curious what it might look like. I will take a photo when it's either printed or just the 3D file to make clear what I'm thinking when I have time to plug in the data.

Maybe using an ellipse instead of a circle isn't crucial, but I just wanted to be authentic. Also was going to put a ball to be the sun as a reference to scale. Very nice diagrams.

I believe so. I think in my design software I can just create a regular polygon with a multiple of 12 sides (enough to make it smooth) so I can find 1/12 points, and apply a stretch so it becomes elliptical.

I actually don't care the cause of weather changes. I just want to represent the weather conditions historically for a given year. Temps, rain fall, snow fall, etc. Basically a round graph for a duration.

Do I need to convert degrees into days and align the particular years first day of spring with the vernal equinox?

The Earth's orbit is a perfect eclipse? No weird warps at either end? I still want to be kind of authentic with it. And how does one identify locations along the path in reference to a day of the year for a given year?

I wanted to make the model just to give a visual of the weather of a given year. The cause of weather change doesn't matter to me. Just a freeze frame of a year.

I mean there would be a base thickness of the model in general and for example increase thickness in different pie sections based on say average temp or rain fall.

I want to be precise even if it might not be noticeable with a 3D printer's level of detail. Would it not be visually noticeable to see the Earth closer to the sun in the N hemis winter?

I would like to create a 3D printable model of the earth's orbit around the sun and slice it into the months of the year. So basically a calendar. Except I wanted to add heights for relative local weather conditions for a given year. Does anyone know the best way to draw our orbit?

The tracker site never updated heat shield temps. :(

It shows me this which is weird and skewed. I would love to see a video of their position along actual path combined with live feed outside the ship.

That doesn't map out location in space.

I was wondering if there is live data from Artemis 2 for the public? Like location in space beyond distance from earth? I would love to see a live path of travel. Hoping Universe Sandbox creates a simulation of the trip after they return.

But another person or people at different angles wouldn't see the object accordingly at their angle. I'm just wondering the current state of volumetric holograms.