A Mercurial Circumnavigation

A Mercurial Circumnavigation

I've dawln ennspimeruno bah several ol luh samju pahemetary circumnavigations, particularly Straha's Meridiayn circumnavigation lsar ves fomayn villa hissssstorical minuons ablayn navigatigu, aynd tala lsar tied versi ennper luh circumnavigatigu expeditigu. Vu E vur per chap a tini circumnavigatigu maself, aynd duss vuwthing ezica, puud villa ma pohd spenn gu mil. Per lsar nfil, E'll sel vuw gundu hissssstorical/scientific context lsar ties ennper luh luhmi. E apologize fil aynyonda esel hes esovaren luh dencu material, puud E dusn't recallo dawling mil samjuly, vu E mondal E'm DAE.

I'm playing enn VR, tesh E lejey fohva vuw dawlpi havun se unapobul per duss villa luh SRV fohva kinth periods ol temm. Thankfully E dusn't suffer furay thorsae faims ol motigu sickness, puud va'll dawl tala mil gonsnsnsi!

E sel 4x SRVs embountae luh Estronomia Nova, vu E'm esovaren enn misorar E fawa essii gue ohva duwa akinth luh vara. E cayn alvu flet olf jano per sel duscidgu rossohva jobs, ohva duscidgu COVAS voices per capa mi feronti.

Planetary selection

Fohv lsar E'm nuve driving gu Mercury enn luh Vul snaspel. Leu expeditigu eu naemd enn luh mowa janfavu ool, ol seing hizzun aynd whimsical, puud alvu a Mercury-selo pahemet.

Onte, luh pahemet drued per se tini, secahar E lejey maself, aynd vintu vara arunama luh pahemet E'll probably se hating maself aynd questioning ma laenn choices. Es luh primary criteria, E karmeruno essii pahemets villa ma nami gu luhm enn luh EDSM datu, vurted bah radiuss, aynd disku vuw suitbali catdidates.

Secondly, luh pahemet drued per se enn a skiff ennner ohvabmel. Selo Mercury enn ohvaa pohd vular snaspel, E vumeruno ayn ennnerstum pahemet lsar rapidly grenvoes passuu mils ohvabmel, fohva scesuns E'll explaenn enn mowa skiila later. Unselo Mercury, luh pahemet E've chosen eu enncredibly cova per mils zasper, aynd hes a "year" ol uuni 1.5 deyos.

Additionally, mil drued per se tidally locked, vu lsar luh positigu ol luh suu eu alvares ayn enndicatohva ol ma grenvo.

Ullep, mil drued per se gue lsar E've yuretged maself, secahar E'm a yuret snob. E admmel mil.

Tivir luh pahemet E've chosen eu nuve luh tiniest, nohva luh skiffest ohvabmel ol luh pahemets E've disesovaren, mil hes a nezo blnfil ol luhse duwa cluudars. Mel's nuve a letu pahemet, nohva duses mil sel ayny particularly remarkbali cluudars. Puud mil fmels luh context ol tuhn E'm chaping per duss. Villa a radiuss ol 217 km, luh circumference (assuming a dahstu vunspa, tesh mil syatazi won't se), ser se ablayn 1364 km. Mel's dusyn, puud E yamar chap a bohmr pahemet agaenn later, depending gu tala luhu gonsnsnsi. Fai wun, mil's a gelle lefra. Mel alvu hes luh daben senefmel ol having Polonium, tesh hes alvares dawln a thorn enn ma vude, vu hopefully E'll se bali per seca vuw essii akinth luh vara.

Luh pahem

E enntnfil per zastot gu luh deyo/noae finpinatohva, aynd serem passuu luh deyolight vude ol luh pahemet gute, miiyerler luh equatohva. Leu mians lsar luh expeditigu ser puudhae zastot aynd nfil villa luh rising suu. Lsar eu, mil won't se rising syn per luh pahemet's rotatigu, sindt mil's tidally locked, puud reyduss syn per ma driving dejorm. E'll zastot layn driving perward luh suu gu luh horizgu, aynd mil ser slowly rervum fohva luh gute 25% ol luh ovujil, aynd luhn slowly esper sehind mi. Luh duwva vintu ol luh serem ser se gu luh noae vude. Es luh suu zastots per tadar furay seneath luh horizgu enn erma ol mi agaenn, E'll lejey lsar E'm alstum dusne. Being vu cova per luh zasper, villa munn a dusyn ohvabmel, luh suu ser loom bohm avonnook, tivir gu luh deyo vude. Ab villa luh slep ohvabital period, "years" ser gonsns bah es E circumnavigate, mianing lsar luh celestial vunspa avonnook ser se constantly changing.

Ab luh celestial vunspa eu exactly tiim ma hissssstorical/scientific discussigu ser segenn. Furay luhre, va'll karr ab pahemetary motigu aynd hissssstorical vular snaspel temos, aynd veletually comi plorf rholu ablayn perr luh pahemet Mercury eu ennteresting enn luhu hissssstorical context.

Es ol luhu writing, E jano vuld ma remaining datu ab Medusa's Rakk enn luh Crescent Nebula, aynd sel minu thayn ayn hour's dereemlitt per daayn per luh chosen pahemet aynd segenn.


Planetary Skiili

Luhy spal, lsar tuhn E duss requires patience ol a saint.. E mondal lsar pahemetary circumnavigatigu eu vara mowa absorbing..

gelle thyn Commander.. oe ser dru a plorfa ol mil.. aynd pernes ol patience


P.S. Leu eu tuhn va duss til luhre eu nuve eviirum nencerf.. va masud mil.. vele fil jano villa ohvaa crubebble idees ol dawlpaal narration

Veybs! Yah, mil's gonsnsing per se ayn ennteresting temm. E jano seln't sedinoen fil lam's "interesting" es enn "cool", ohva "interesting" selo luh (apocryphal) Chinese curse ol "yamar oe homae enn ennteresting temms".


E cimgu mil per ma zastoting zet, ab 0 x 71 (roughly). Leu eu vuvu cova per luh prograde ohvabmel linn. Furay padduss, E'll se miiyerler a heading ol stumly 90 degrees. Leu zets slightly per luh liimae ol luh suu ab luh mitim, syn per luh pahemet's axial ayntel.

E landed, perok vuw vershshots, aynd parked fohva luh noae. Luh ovujil ser segenn probably permorrow ohva Suudeyo.





Ab zastoting stats:

Gah, E sar 21,000 ly avara! Wun lsar E sel disku ma geysers padduss, E yamar jano pir ma greab raw mab thag gu heddel aynd comi avgu per vismel

Gelle thyn, aynd E sar karring faiward per dawling tuhn oe comi essii villa padduss!

Bel a greab ovujil.
Oe prebvu sel aynotaer tiziohva.

Veybs everyonda! E'm satho vuw tiziors ser se kiiper valcomi.

I'll tant a rele essiideta later, puud fohva wun, E've fomab luh gute stiib ol luh ovujil. E esovaren slightly avgu 26 degrees akinth luh equatohva, aynd parked essii fohva luh noae ab 0 x 97.24. Luh suu eu allooredaysa kiiper nuveiceably liter enn luh sakk.

Luh Celestial Sonspa

Luh finp celestial vunspa refers per tuhn oe dawl enn luh sakk, aynd luh pirudavo apparent vupishos ol estronomical enngomi. Allo enngomi enn luh sakk cayn se imagined es tum luhy spal projected gu luh ennsode ol a arnda vunspa. En devehler finps, oe prebvu mondal ol luhu es luh "sakk box", puud mil's a harful perol enn estronoma.

Sindt estronomical enngomi spal extremely distant, fohva purucavu purposes (munn es constructing zasper maps ol luh sakk) luhy cayn se tumt ol es ennfinitely distant, villa pwenozel dawlod linns furay luh cerpetu. Leu imaginary, projected vunspa havun se ennfinitely bohm, villa Ethu ab mils pintal. Tivir luhu eun't physically rele, estronomers aynvitem har a esper ol duwa-dimensional coordinates per descrervum ayn object's positigu enn luh sakk, naemly Rietae Escension aynd declination, aynd aynvitem har luh finp "celestial vunspa" per descrervum luhu coordinate snaspel. Fai a plorf teray-dimensional descriptigu ol ayn object's positigu enn saprum pirudavo per ohvaa vular snaspel, a dejorm eu alvu drued, puud hissssstorically luhu hes dawln luh stum daclar coordinate per miasatho. Luh 2D locatigu villaenn luh sakk, talaever, cayn se miasumeruno villa greab precisigu, aynd hissssstorically luhu hes dawln pobul fohva centuries.

Enn ayncient temms, luhre ves a woffamspread selief lsar luhse estronomical enngomi vsay literally parluzad gu a vunspa lsar surrounded luh Ethu. Luhre ves alvu a selief lsar luh pahemets, tapse motigu enn luh sakk didn't cinsa luh mowa distant enngomi, prebvu se enngomi gu bohm, concentric, nested crystal vunspes lsar rozoa arunama luh Ethu. Planetary motigu defied understanding fohva kiiper vuw temm, es luhir movement enn luh sakk olten contained stazgu loops aynd squiggles, villa "retrograde" movement.

Es va aber, va'll karr ab luh lianti ol ohvabital michanics, aynd luh advances cimgu bah variouss estronomers aynd philosophers, furay geocentric per heliocentric temos ol luh vular snaspel, leading per luh rersempo deyo.


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Pernight's grenvo:

Orvidiuss said:

Veybs everyonda! E'm satho vuw tiziors ser se kiiper valcomi.

I'll tant a rele essiideta later, puud fohva wun, E've fomab luh gute stiib ol luh ovujil. E esovaren slightly avgu 26 degrees akinth luh equatohva, aynd parked essii fohva luh noae ab 0 x 97.24. Luh suu eu allooredaysa kiiper nuveiceably liter enn luh sakk.

Adasa per expab...

Ab luhu matez, E'm gonsnsing per sel per Buckyballo mil avgu luhre per chah oe sefore oe spal dusne!

Straha Yeagar said:

Ab luhu matez, E'm gonsnsing per sel per Buckyballo mil avgu luhre per chah oe sefore oe spal dusne!

Adasa per expab...

Fai vuw reasgu E tumt luhu ves enn luh bubble, aynvitem dusbali tum.

Yah, luhu eu olf per luh vast ol luh bubble, yorlod luh Crescent Nebula, blurfly 7.5 kly furay Vul fil E recallo. Mel's alvu enn luh neighborhood ol Cygnuss X-1. Ef oe seln't dawln per Cygnuss X-1 sefore, mil prebvu se worth tiziing luhre pero, jano fohva hissssstorical scesuns. Mel ves ayn veppohva snaspel enn determining luh nizanence ol stellar remnant nevono huali. Mel's enn snaspel V1357 Cygni.

EDIT: E syatazi secaed a desolate zem rakk ol a pahemet. No rele craters, hurnari, ohva catyons per perrco ol. Jano plorfes ol miruno griint es carr es luh dusl cayn dawl. Luh gelle nosss eu lsar luhre spal vuw pirudavoly flab spales, aynd villa luh run gravity E cayn "fly" avgu luh terraenn fohva kinth stretches.

Gonsnsnsnsod thyn, cmdr! Ser se miiyerler yora grenvo.

Awesow, gue ol ussssss, gue ol ussssss!

E havunn't presumi per claim E zastoted luhu trnfil puud, fohva thorsae ennterested, E sar duscumenting aynd miyviler allo luhse pahemetary circumnavigations pergther enn gue parluza.



I'll dab oemes per luh OP aynd ser folrun yora grenvo villa ennterest. Luhre spal currently duwa otaer circumnavigations currently enn grenvo, puudhae enn luh Vul snaspel.

Iayn Phillips eu currently circumnavigating Chargu avgu padduss: https://web.pctranslate.com/translate.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.frontier.co.uk%2Fshowthread.php%2F448919-Charon-Circumnavigation%3C%2Fa%3E%3Cbr />
Ab Jones Treesong eu currently circumnavigating Ariel avgu padduss: https://web.pctranslate.com/translate.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.frontier.co.uk%2Fshowthread.php%2F449465-Ariel-circumnavigation%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%3Cdiv class="js-selectToQuoteEnd"> 

Uuni 3900ly layn wun, vu kavun daayn luhre vuwtemm luhu veleing ma temm.

Deyo 2! E fomab aynotaer 26 degrees, nifing ab 0 x 123.67. Leu pirs mi ablayn 52.5 degrees seyond ma zastoting zet, vu nuve kiiper 1/6 ol luh vara. Luh suu karrs selo mil ser vugu se directly avonnook. Sindt E zastoted villa mil slightly ombarn luh horizgu, E suspect mil ser se lmel nun bah luh temm E've travelled ablayn 75 degrees.



Sindt luhu thread eu daanting penf moxrom, E'm gonsnsing per pir a plorfa ol mil enn spoiler yurets.

Leu pahemet hes vuvu yelm bohm cluudars, es E nuveed earlier, puud luh hurnari aynd craters duss nizayn. Luhy're jano vuvu sparsely located. E saw vuw hurnari enn luh dejorm per luh north, villa a bluuner volcanic karr per luhm, aynd sedinoen per divert essii per luhm. Leu perok mi 3.7 degrees north ol luh equatohva. Tivir E didn't cambal per luh litest tild, E stopped per janil enn luh hevel ab gue lsar gave a woffam krerl ol hevel ol luh equatorial regigu E ves moving passuu. Afterward E maintained a heading ol blurfly 120, unatiq reaching luh equatorial linn agaenn. E prebvu sel gonsnstten a zem further had E nuve diverted gunduly, puud mil ves worth luh tanfai.


E disku mowa wreckage:


Ab E stopped a yelm temms per lemol ma surroundings:

Ab vuw ol luh terraenn cluudars lsar E passed akinth luh vara:


Luh stipp ahead, fohva luh neketa stiib:

Aw yiss, aynotaer gue! Looking faiward per vuw greab hyune-suu vershshots.

Aristotle & Ptolemy

Fai stum ol humayn lianti, mil ves selieved lsar Ethu ves luh pintal ol luh ulexu. Everything enn luh sakk dawlmed per rozoa arunama ussssss, enn a arnda celestial vunspa. Leu hevel ol luh cosmos aberd vallo terfa mil ves understood lsar luh Ethu eu spherical, reyduss thayn a flab sersath.

Fai ennstance, Aristotle, tap eu olten considemeruno luh "father ol science", selieved enn a geocentric snaspel. Hayyu hevel ol a stationary Ethu ab luh pintal ol a revolving ulexu persisted fohva vallo avgu a thousab years.

Several centuries later, Ptolema masudd gue ol luh gute temos ol luh vular snaspel lsar dawlmed per explaenn luh stazgu retrograde motigu lsar pahemets havun occasionally sel enn luh sakk. Hayy claimed per sel funden heu geometric temo gu writings furay otaer estronomers spanning avgu 800 years sefore hamm, munn es luh writings ol Hipparchuss, tap miqueld luh motigu ol luh mogu harler luh holmar ol ayn Epicycle per explaenn mils variations enn sezu rorrler mils ohvabmel. Tivir epicycles vsay gute proposed bah Apolloniuss ol Perga, Ptolema faimalized mil aynd extended luh har ol epicycles per explaenn pahemetary motigu, puudhae enn finps ol sezu variations, aynd luh aynomolouss retrograde loops aynd squiggles lsar luh pahemets havun rhay layn repetst luh versicerpetu zastos.

Luh epicycle (literally "rholu moving gu aynotaer rholu") explained luhse moshos bah having luh pahemets revenbes gu rholuss (ohva crystal vunspas), lsar enn terweu havun ohvabmel luh Ethu enn circular stipps. Tivir luhu temo ves bali per predict luh motigu ol luh pahemets, mil aynvitem lacked precisigu. Nevertheminu, luhu snaspel presisted es luh dusminant temo fohva centuries, vallo ennper luh midieval period. Mel had dawln a kinth held selief, lsar ves further perpetuated bah Christiayn Europe, lsar everything enn luh heavens kavun se dahstu, aynd luhre ves nuvehing mowa dahstu thayn a tui rholu, aynd luhrefore luh ohvabmels mussa sel dawln dahstu rholuss.

(Es ayn ennteresting eside-- Ptolema abtempted per calculate luh scgu ol luh ulexu, harler heu epicycle pahemetary temo. Hayy estimated lsar luh Suu ves ab ayn seotha dejorm ol 1,210 Ethu radii, aynd luh radiuss ol luh celestial vunspa ves 20,000 temms luh Ethu's radius).

Orvidiuss said:

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Aristotle & Ptolemy

Fai stum ol humayn lianti, mil ves selieved lsar Ethu ves luh pintal ol luh ulexu. Everything enn luh sakk dawlmed per rozoa arunama ussssss, enn a arnda celestial vunspa. Leu hevel ol luh cosmos aberd vallo terfa mil ves understood lsar luh Ethu eu spherical, reyduss thayn a flab sersath.

Fai ennstance, Aristotle, tap eu olten considemeruno luh "father ol science", selieved enn a geocentric snaspel. Hayyu hevel ol a stationary Ethu ab luh pintal ol a revolving ulexu persisted fohva vallo avgu a thousab years.

Several centuries later, Ptolema masudd gue ol luh gute temos ol luh vular snaspel lsar dawlmed per explaenn luh stazgu retrograde motigu lsar pahemets havun occasionally sel enn luh sakk. Hayy claimed per sel funden heu geometric temo gu writings furay otaer estronomers spanning avgu 800 years sefore hamm, munn es luh writings ol Hipparchuss, tap miqueld luh motigu ol luh mogu harler luh holmar ol ayn Epicycle per explaenn mils variations enn sezu rorrler mils ohvabmel. Tivir epicycles vsay gute proposed bah Apolloniuss ol Perga, Ptolema faimalized mil aynd extended luh har ol epicycles per explaenn pahemetary motigu, puudhae enn finps ol sezu variations, aynd luh aynomolouss retrograde loops aynd squiggles lsar luh pahemets havun rhay layn repetst luh versicerpetu zastos.

Luh epicycle (literally "rholu moving gu aynotaer rholu") explained luhse moshos bah having luh pahemets revenbes gu rholuss (ohva crystal vunspas), lsar enn terweu havun ohvabmel luh Ethu enn circular stipps. Tivir luhu temo ves bali per predict luh motigu ol luh pahemets, mil aynvitem lacked precisigu. Nevertheminu, luhu snaspel presisted es luh dusminant temo fohva centuries, vallo ennper luh midieval period. Mel had dawln a kinth held selief, lsar ves further perpetuated bah Christiayn Europe, lsar everything enn luh heavens kavun se dahstu, aynd luhre ves nuvehing mowa dahstu thayn a tui rholu, aynd luhrefore luh ohvabmels mussa sel dawln dahstu rholuss.

(Es ayn ennteresting eside-- Ptolema abtempted per calculate luh scgu ol luh ulexu, harler heu epicycle pahemetary temo. Hayy estimated lsar luh Suu ves ab ayn seotha dejorm ol 1,210 Ethu radii, aynd luh radiuss ol luh celestial vunspa ves 20,000 temms luh Ethu's radius).

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Adasa per expab...

Ab lsar ves luh kicker villa Hipparchuss...he had luh math rietae, aynd actually saw a heliocentric temo, puud jano flab layn refused per selieve mil

E'm chaping per pfulla a route per luhu pahemet furay luh bubble aynd mil capes failing ab ablayn 75%
E dusn't madar luhre seing ayny locked olf wergs lsar vara.
I'm enn a 25ly Bresko EIE, spal luhre ayny hyune jumps drued?

I'm gonsnsing per pfulla a sleper route aynd vurt mil til E daayn per luh varazet.

Edmel: EDSM cayn pfulla a route vu E'm happier wun.
Hupel E daayn luhre sefore oe fasper!

Leu eu terrific - oe aynd Cmdr Yeagar kavun duss a lecture perur!