Comment 4 for bug 889712
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| Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab) wrote Re: Planet's moon orbits line display wrongly when I chang the time | #4 |
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This is probably related to bug #834737, or at least to my observation in the comments of the bug report:
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The original issue with Laomedeia may be caused by using an osculating orbit instead of proper elements.
Anyway, to reproduce this bug:
1. Turn on orbits.
2. Zoom in on a planet that has moon orbits enabled _without selecting the planet_ (because that will show only its orbit).
3. Either change the date/time or increase time speed.
I think that the bug will be evident even without changing the time - if Stellarium runs long enough for the satellites or the parent planet to significantly change position. Someone should let Stellarium run for a few hours with orbits enabled. :)
I think that this is a problem with Stellarium's orbit rendering code. It was simply not made with planetary satellites in mind. Enabling orbits for every possible satellite was a hasty move.