Chetic
- 8
- 0
You know how orbits are made of ellipses and ellipses are made out of two foci?
I'm trying to find a formula where I can extract the position of the other focus point, relative to (0,0).
By the other focus point I mean the one that's generally out in space.
Very much like how the barycenter's position, R, is calculated in this Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two-body_Jacobi_coordinates.JPG"
I'm coding a 2d space game and want to predict my orbits using proper math, instead of running the simulation ahead.
P.S: Does this 'other' focus point have a name by the way?
I'm trying to find a formula where I can extract the position of the other focus point, relative to (0,0).
By the other focus point I mean the one that's generally out in space.
Very much like how the barycenter's position, R, is calculated in this Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two-body_Jacobi_coordinates.JPG"
I'm coding a 2d space game and want to predict my orbits using proper math, instead of running the simulation ahead.
P.S: Does this 'other' focus point have a name by the way?
Last edited by a moderator: