What would you see? Freelance Traveller (05 Mar 2016 22:07 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Richard Aiken (06 Mar 2016 00:39 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Edward Swatschek (06 Mar 2016 01:09 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Dave (06 Mar 2016 01:11 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Bruce Johnson (06 Mar 2016 01:24 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Richard Aiken (06 Mar 2016 01:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Edward Swatschek (06 Mar 2016 04:57 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Tim (06 Mar 2016 05:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Tim (06 Mar 2016 05:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] What would you see? Tim (06 Mar 2016 05:17 UTC)

What would you see? Freelance Traveller 05 Mar 2016 22:07 UTC

Assume the folllowing:

You are on a world that rotates in 18 standard hours.

Your world has a single satellite that orbits in 20 standard hours,
non-retrograde.

You may ignore light effects; assume that no matter what the time of day
is, if the satellite is above the horizon, you can see it (even if
relative positions of sun and satellite are such that the satellite
would normally be "lost in the sun").

Speaking of the horizon, it refers to the theoretical horizon, ignoring
things like mountains, buildings, or other obstacles to ground
visibility.

What would I see, in terms of satellite-rise, satellite-set, movement
across the sky, et cetera?

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