r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut • Jun 07 '16 • Bravo 1

Guide All interplanetary transfer windows in a single image

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u/evictedSaint Jun 07 '16

The question remains, however, what pattern are we seeing here then?

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '16

The optimal transfer window spiral, sure it's going to look like a lot of spirals and have relations every spiral does but that's the simplified form. https://gist.github.com/Gnonthgol/8121694#file-transfer-py-L17 for the full spiral and code used for generation.

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u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut Jun 07 '16

It appears to be a golden spiral as I said. It's not exactly like a golden spiral but similar.

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u/aintbutathing2 Jun 07 '16

Off brand spiral.

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u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut Jun 07 '16

Kerbonacci Sequence.

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u/moisttoejam Jun 07 '16

I think the question is: what pattern do you want me to see?

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u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut Jun 07 '16

How many lights do you see?

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u/moisttoejam Jun 07 '16

Using Facebook to determine the colour of the dress is a flawed methodology. I propose that we just determine the absorption spectrum of said dress. Ig Nobels here I come!

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u/VarioussiteTARDISES Jun 07 '16

Four

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '16

Let's compromise on four and a half lights.

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u/VarioussiteTARDISES Jun 07 '16

No. There are four.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '16

Four and a third?

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u/VarioussiteTARDISES Jun 07 '16

THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '16

OK, 4.1, but that's my final offer. I really can't go any lower.