Talk:2264: Satellite - Revision history

162.158.214.136: oops forgot to sign

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162.158.214.136: comment on dattelites

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comment on dattelites

162.158.74.157: happy little reply to express support

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happy little reply to express support

Cellocgw at 13:12, 10 February 2020

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162.158.154.151 at 13:21, 7 February 2020

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Elektrizikekswerk at 12:44, 7 February 2020

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Calvinrempel: Some rough figuring on the orbital mechanics of this situation

2020-02-07T00:36:42Z

Some rough figuring on the orbital mechanics of this situation

162.158.74.229 at 19:30, 6 February 2020

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Elektrizikekswerk at 16:39, 6 February 2020

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Kev at 16:31, 6 February 2020

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	:Nah, you're doing something wrong. The orbit is independent of satellite mass ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151\|162.158.154.151]] 13:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC) <--- This is only true when the satellite's mass is insignificant relative to the planet's mass. Otherwise the epicenter ends up outside the planet's radius and we end up with either two bodies of roughly equal mass orbiting a common center or, as in this calculation, the satellite becomes the planet and the poor little girl starts orbiting the satellite [[User:Cellocgw\|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw\|talk]]) 13:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)		:Nah, you're doing something wrong. The orbit is independent of satellite mass ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151\|162.158.154.151]] 13:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC) <--- This is only true when the satellite's mass is insignificant relative to the planet's mass. Otherwise the epicenter ends up outside the planet's radius and we end up with either two bodies of roughly equal mass orbiting a common center or, as in this calculation, the satellite becomes the planet and the poor little girl starts orbiting the satellite [[User:Cellocgw\|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw\|talk]]) 13:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

−	They also talk about "boosting the sattelite into a graveyeard orbit" in panel 3 which i think is the sattelite boosts from planets which would also make sense or a planet family.	+	They also talk about "boosting the sattelite into a graveyeard orbit" in panel 3 which i think is the sattelite boosts from planets which would also make sense or a planet family. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136\|162.158.214.136]] 21:14, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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 Am I the only one who just assumed that the characters were planet sized beings? --[[User:WhiteDragon|WhiteDragon]] ([[User talk:WhiteDragon|talk]]) 15:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 :Yes ;) [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 :I thought the same, because the sattelite was orbiting science girl. I think this is actually the first time I thought of the alternate solution first. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.157|162.158.74.157]] 13:22, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
 Reads ok to me.  Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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 I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 :Nah, you're doing something wrong. The orbit is independent of satellite mass ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151|162.158.154.151]] 13:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC)  <---  This is only true when the satellite's mass is insignificant relative to the planet's mass.  Otherwise the epicenter ends up outside the planet's radius and we end up with either two bodies of roughly equal mass orbiting a common center or, as in this calculation, the satellite becomes the planet and the poor little girl starts orbiting the satellite [[User:Cellocgw|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw|talk]]) 13:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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 Am I the only one who just assumed that the characters were planet sized beings? --[[User:WhiteDragon|WhiteDragon]] ([[User talk:WhiteDragon|talk]]) 15:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 :Yes ;) [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 Reads ok to me.  Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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	I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel\|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel\|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)		I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel\|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel\|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
−	:Nah, you're doing something wrong. The orbit is independent of satellite mass ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151\|162.158.154.151]] 13:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC)	+	:Nah, you're doing something wrong. The orbit is independent of satellite mass ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151\|162.158.154.151]] 13:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC) <--- This is only true when the satellite's mass is insignificant relative to the planet's mass. Otherwise the epicenter ends up outside the planet's radius and we end up with either two bodies of roughly equal mass orbiting a common center or, as in this calculation, the satellite becomes the planet and the poor little girl starts orbiting the satellite [[User:Cellocgw\|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw\|talk]]) 13:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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	I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel\|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel\|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)		I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel\|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel\|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
		+	:Nah, you're doing something wrong. The orbit is independent of satellite mass ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151\|162.158.154.151]] 13:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

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 :Agree [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 ::What's the worst that could happen? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.229|162.158.74.229]] 19:30, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

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	:Agree [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		:Agree [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
	::What's the worst that could happen? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.229\|162.158.74.229]] 19:30, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		::What's the worst that could happen? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.229\|162.158.74.229]] 19:30, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I ran some preliminary calculations assuming this uses orbital mechanics that somehow ignore earth instead of some aerodynamic effects (like the flinks used in Seveneves)... first, acting out the comic I figure that the time between the beginning of the first panel and the beginning of the last panel to be about 20 seconds. Assuming the location of the satellite hasn't moved more than one orbit between each panel, our orbital period is about 20 seconds. I then measured the characters and - assuming Cueball is about 6 feet tall, the little girl is about 4 feet tall. Transposing that onto the second panel, I figure the orbit radius to be about 1.5 feet (0.4572 meters). Here I switch into metric units entirely: the orbital circumference is then 2.87 meters giving us an orbital velocity of 0.1436 m/s. Assuming the girl is an average 7 year old weighing 22.4 KG (as per [https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php#fc This Source], and assuming that my use of the orbital equation is correct... the satellite would have a mass of 141 256 782.239 KG. [[User:Calvinrempel\|Calvinrempel]] ([[User talk:Calvinrempel\|talk]]) 00:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

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	Reads ok to me. Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev\|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev\|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		Reads ok to me. Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev\|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev\|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
	:Agree [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		:Agree [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
		+	::What's the worst that could happen? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.229\|162.158.74.229]] 19:30, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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	Am I the only one who just assumed that the characters were planet sized beings? --[[User:WhiteDragon\|WhiteDragon]] ([[User talk:WhiteDragon\|talk]]) 15:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		Am I the only one who just assumed that the characters were planet sized beings? --[[User:WhiteDragon\|WhiteDragon]] ([[User talk:WhiteDragon\|talk]]) 15:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
		+	:Yes ;) [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

	Reads ok to me. Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev\|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev\|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		Reads ok to me. Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev\|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev\|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
		+	:Agree [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 16:39, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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	Am I the only one who just assumed that the characters were planet sized beings? --[[User:WhiteDragon\|WhiteDragon]] ([[User talk:WhiteDragon\|talk]]) 15:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)		Am I the only one who just assumed that the characters were planet sized beings? --[[User:WhiteDragon\|WhiteDragon]] ([[User talk:WhiteDragon\|talk]]) 15:03, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Reads ok to me. Should we take off the the header? [[User:Kev\|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev\|talk]]) 16:31, 6 February 2020 (UTC)