egg changed the topic of #principia to: Logs: https://esper.irclog.whitequark.org/principia | <scott_manley> anyone that doubts the wisdom of retrograde bop needs to get the hell out | https://xkcd.com/323/ | <egg> calculating the influence of lamont on Pluto is a bit silly…
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<queqiao--> <W​ar​_l​or​d> wait, I just noticed. My polar satelite has 0 nodal precession... I just launched straight north. This has never happened before. my question is how?!
<queqiao--> Reply to "W​ar​_l​or​d: wait, I just noticed. My polar satelite has 0 nodal precession... I just launched straigh..."
<queqiao--> <K​ag​a> what is nodal precession?
<queqiao--> Reply to "K​ag​a: what is nodal precession?"
<queqiao--> <W​ar​_l​or​d> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodal_precession
<queqiao--> <K​ag​a> ohhh the thing that helps satelites do the sun synchronous orbit
<queqiao--> Reply to "W​ar​_l​or​d: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodal_precession"
<queqiao--> <e​gg​> In this article you might notice the cos 𝑖 factor. That answers your earlier question.
<queqiao--> Reply to "e​gg​: In this article you might notice the cos 𝑖 factor. That answers your earlier question."
<queqiao--> <W​ar​_l​or​d> yep... I had a brainfart.