Re: Gravity

Laserlight wrote:
> 
> I stumbled across Traveller Book 2 tonight serendipitously, thus
> I quote (page 28):
> "During the movement phase, lay out the vector of the ship to
> determine where it will move.  If the exact midpoint of the
> vector lies in a gravity band, a gravity vector will be added...
> .The gravity vector is parallel to a line connecting the regular
> course midpoint to the planetary template center."
>
> (The gravity bands are in) 1/4 gee increments.
> (g=1 is planet's surface. Make band lines at 0.75, 0.50, and
> 0.25)
>
> The formula, if I've done it correctly, is
> r = 6.378 * sqrt (m/g)
> r = radius in MU
> 6.378 = radius of Earth in MU (assumes 1 MU is 1000km)
> m = mass of primary in Earth masses
> g = gravity quantity you want (in gees)

	I don't know how well this will work with cinematic
	movement, but it should be a natural with
	vector movement.  I wonder if you can actually
	do a stable orbit with this?