[ODE] rotating spheres (planets)

[david ong]

so the spaceship is not upside down 12 hours after it
landed but is on the opposite side of the planet afte 
the planet rotates 180 deg.

> > but
> > there should be sufficient realism and friction to
> > prevent the earth's ground from rotating the space
> > ship 360 degrees per day.
> > 
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > --- Megan Fox <shalinor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Not really - as far as I know, there isn't a
> > single
> > > physics engine out
> > > there aimed at orbitally-sized simulations, but
> I
> > > was waiting for Jon
> > > to weigh in (I believe he's using double
> > precision,
> > > which might be
> > > able to handle this, but I've no idea).
> > > 
> > > My question, though is - Why on earth would you
> > want
> > > to simulate a
> > > pebble and a planet with full rigid body
> physics?
> > > 
> > > -Megan Fox
> > > 
> > > On 5/24/05, david ong <darkdave3000 at yahoo.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > anyone got an answer for the questions below?
> > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > say, im trying to create a space sim, will
> > tiny
> > > > > objects resting on large rotating sphere
> like
> > > > > objects be correctly displaced around the
> axis
> > > of
> > > > > rotation of the larger object?
> > > > >
> > > > > Will a pebble on earth be displaced around
> the
> > > axis
> > > > > of the earth as the earth rotates?
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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