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All simulator moons are tidally locked #4

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charliewhitfield opened this issue Mar 31, 2021 · 0 comments
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All simulator moons are tidally locked #4

charliewhitfield opened this issue Mar 31, 2021 · 0 comments

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charliewhitfield commented Mar 31, 2021

What did you see in the sim or find in the code that isn't correct?

All moons in simulator are tidally locked.

How is it supposed to be?

This is correct for all large moons and close-orbiting small moons. However, I believe that distant-orbiting, small moons of the gas giants (i.e., "captured asteroids") are mostly tumblers.

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I don't have a reference for this. Please post if you have one!

[Optional] What is your level of expertise in this matter?

Hobby astronomer.

@charliewhitfield charliewhitfield transferred this issue from ivoyager/ivoyager Oct 3, 2023
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