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Programs / Re: QB64 program to simulate a comet skip impact on Earth
« on: January 31, 2021, 02:53:54 pm »
Re let it run - and some particles should go into orbit
Yes, some do go into orbit, but very few. Remember that the orbits start at the surface, and they do not have anything to change the path once in flight, so the orbit includes the surface they started on, which means that the vast majority hit the surface on the final part of the first orbit, or sooner. Some tossed way out will miss by a tiny bit and continue in orbit. I did not add atmospheric drag, so they can skim the surface and miss by less than 1 km and still remain in orbit.
Let it run for a few hours - its impressive how far some particles go.
And of course, each particle is a 1 km cube - trying to make them smaller was too much computing.
Yes, some do go into orbit, but very few. Remember that the orbits start at the surface, and they do not have anything to change the path once in flight, so the orbit includes the surface they started on, which means that the vast majority hit the surface on the final part of the first orbit, or sooner. Some tossed way out will miss by a tiny bit and continue in orbit. I did not add atmospheric drag, so they can skim the surface and miss by less than 1 km and still remain in orbit.
Let it run for a few hours - its impressive how far some particles go.
And of course, each particle is a 1 km cube - trying to make them smaller was too much computing.