Re: GenCon 1989
In reply to #457 GenCon 1989
One item that should be brought to the Digest Group's attention is that the star does *not* go in the *center* of an elliptical orbit! Rather, it goes at one of the *foci*. Among other things, this means that closest approach is *opposite* farthest seperation, not 90 degrees away from it. I'll be putting together a letter to them about this, but they need to know they goofed *soon*! In case you are wondering where this comes from, take a long hard look at the diagram on page 65 of _World Builder's Handbook_. As for the Imperial Atlas data, it would appear that some (most?) of it will be available early next year in machine readable format. See the ad on the last page of the handbook.