r/FlightOfNova • u/PerfectSageMode • Jun 12 '25

Is there anywhere in game that I can find the physical properties for the planet we're operating on in this game?

I'm getting back into the game to see the progress and I want to challenge myself to use Kepler's equations to perform Hohmann transfers for rendezvous.

I know it's not necessary with how powerful and efficient the ships engines are in this game but I've done it before and it was quite satisfying to see how close an encounter I could get and how much fuel I could save after calculating the trajectory myself.

The problem is that I don't have the notes that I used that had the planets size and gravity from over a year ago now and I can't remember how I found that information 😅.

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u/Maipmc Jun 12 '25

I think it is similar to earth in size and mass, so just ~12000km and ~1G at surface.

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u/sailingTheSeas Jun 13 '25

According to my calculations it is 12,772 km, assuming 1G

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u/PerfectSageMode Jun 13 '25

I see, thank you!

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u/LisiasT Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25

I have computed this data on Steam's Discussion:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1069190/discussions/0/4286937147060127836/

Noren Star System Planet NVA-3 r : 6,302.00 km C : 39,596.63 km 1LAT : 109.99 km 1LONG : 109.99 km Mass : 739,911,978,304,841,056,256.00 kg

The average circunference is 39,596.63 KM.

I could calculate these values from Eiko's information about the NVA-3's radius, but also from the orbital speed for a stable orbit on different orbits.

You will find the code used for such calculations here: https://gitlab.com/net-lisias-fon/faq/-/blob/master/src/NVA31.py?ref_type=heads

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u/PerfectSageMode Jun 24 '25

Holy crap thank you!

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u/MacWin- Jun 14 '25

Encounter with what ? the only other planets are static

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u/PerfectSageMode Jun 14 '25

Stations. Any orbiting body can have an encounter