Specify Orbit Dialog
You might wonder why specifying the orbit is not part of the configure object dialogs.
The reason is that there will be many occasions where only the orbit is to be changed,
for instance in cases where the selected objects list is reordered. It would be rather
inconvenient if one had to click through the complete configuration wizard in those cases.
Some dialog controls | ... and what they do |
Reference number of object to be orbited |
The expression Reference number refers to the reference number
that the object to be orbited
gets in the ordered selected objects list (Ref-No in the
configuration manager).
If you enter zero, 'none' will appear in the selected
objects list, meaning that the object in question is not in a circular orbit around
another body.
Zero is the only value allowed for the first object in the list. Another
condition to be satisfied is the following
nOrbit < nObject
where nOrbit and nObject are the reference numbers the orbited and orbiting
objects get in the ordered selected objects list, respectively.
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Save & Continue |
Saves the reference number you entered and continues with the
configure object wizard. |
Save & Quit |
Saves the reference number you entered and quits the dialog
returning to the configuration manager.
This button is disabled
when you change from orbiting to non-orbiting and vice versa, because in those cases the configure
object wizard is mandatory due to the fact that for an orbiting object two positions must be
defined, whereas for a non-orbiting object an initial position and an initial velocity are to
be specified. |
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