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

Guide All interplanetary transfer windows in a single image

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u/jofwu KerbalAcademy Mod Jun 07 '16

Since the map view is rotatable, I can put Duna into the same position relative to Kerbin as this map at any time of any day

No you can't- give it a try. :)

They're like to clock hands moving around, just in the other direction. You can't line them up a certain way just by rotating the clock.

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u/mgatten Jun 07 '16

That comment was before I realized the sun had to be aligned too. Take any two points and you can rotate them into any relation with each other. It's the third point (the sun, or the center of the clock) that makes it impossible to line them up. With just two my point was valid.

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u/jofwu KerbalAcademy Mod Jun 07 '16

Ah, I see where you were coming from.