Timeline for How can I indicate a third dimension on a map of outer space?
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| Mar 22, 2017 at 10:05 | history | edited | Mołot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2015 at 18:33 | comment | added | Pharap | @Philipp I didn't say it would solve those problems, I said it would solve the ordering problem, which it would do. If each ellipse were a different colour then you'd be able to tell that Pluto passes behindg Neptune and Uranus by seeing which colour ellipse is on top at the points where they cross over. Aside from which the OP never asked to be able to see the ascending node or the ratio between inclination and argument of periapsis. The OP asked for 3 dimensions represented in 2, this diagram does that and partially represents the 4th. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 17:17 | comment | added | Philipp | @Pharap No, coloring would not help. I can tell which orbit is which, but I can not tell where the ascending node is and what's the ratio between inclination and argument of periapsis. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 16:10 | comment | added | aslum | The main thing this image conveys is that Pluto's orbit is irregular, while the rest of the planets are in the same plane. In general other solar systems "rotational plane" won't line up w/ Sol's, but that's not particularly relevant ... the important thing is each system's planets in relation to each other. Do you have one rogue orbit (Pluto) or a bunch? | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:56 | comment | added | Pharap | @Philipp Surely making the lines thicker and using different colours for different orbits would solve the ordering problem? | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 11:10 | comment | added | Philipp | I don't think that this is a good visualization at all. Sure, it tells me that Pluto's orbit is inclined and excentric, but not if it is more inclined or more excentric.I can not even tell from the picture if it passes in front or behind the orbits of Neptune and Uranus. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 4:12 | comment | added | Pharap | @HDE226868 Technically no orbit is perfectly circular. Most orbits are actually eliptical to some extent. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 22:35 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @Gilles I realized that, and that I had also messed up an assumption I made about my earlier comment. aslum, +1. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 22:05 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | @HDE226868 You can't embed a 3D space into a 2D space, so something has to go. Perspective is a time-honored way of representing 3D objects in a 2D image and is readily understood by typical audiences. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 20:18 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | The thing is, the representation there messes up the orbits of the other planets, making them appear less circular. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 20:17 | history | answered | aslum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |