Alternate Orbital Body Placement
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The following table uses a system for orbital placement based on Light minutes. This system will allow more than one planet to reside with in a Traveller orbital zone.
| Units of Measure for Approximate Inner Edge of Orbital Zone | Adjusted Starting Point | 10% or Orbital Zone | Flux for Light Minute Position of Actual Orbit | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traveller Orbit | AU | Light Minutes | -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0.2 | 1.66 | 0.83 | 0.08 | 1.66 | 1.75 | 1.83 | 1.91 | 2.00 | 2.08 | 2.16 | 2.25 | 2.33 | 2.41 | 2.50 |
| 1 | 0.4 | 3.33 | 1.66 | 0.17 | 3.33 | 3.49 | 3.66 | 3.83 | 3.99 | 4.16 | 4.32 | 4.49 | 4.66 | 4.82 | 4.99 |
| 2 | 0.7 | 5.82 | 2.50 | 0.25 | 5.82 | 6.07 | 6.32 | 6.57 | 6.82 | 7.07 | 7.32 | 7.57 | 7.82 | 8.07 | 8.32 |
| 3 | 1 | 8.32 | 2.50 | 0.25 | 8.32 | 8.57 | 8.82 | 9.07 | 9.32 | 9.56 | 9.81 | 10.06 | 10.31 | 10.56 | 10.81 |
| 4 | 1.6 | 13.31 | 4.99 | 0.50 | 13.31 | 13.81 | 14.31 | 14.80 | 15.30 | 15.80 | 16.30 | 16.80 | 17.30 | 17.80 | 18.30 |
| 5 | 2.8 | 23.29 | 9.98 | 1.00 | 23.29 | 24.29 | 25.28 | 26.28 | 27.28 | 28.28 | 29.28 | 30.27 | 31.27 | 32.27 | 33.27 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 43.25 | 19.96 | 2.00 | 43.25 | 45.24 | 47.24 | 49.24 | 51.23 | 53.23 | 55.22 | 57.22 | 59.22 | 61.21 | 63.21 |
| 7 | 10 | 83.17 | 39.92 | 3.99 | 83.17 | 87.16 | 91.15 | 95.15 | 99.14 | 103.13 | 107.12 | 111.12 | 115.11 | 119.10 | 123.09 |
| 8 | 20 | 166.34 | 83.17 | 8.32 | 166.34 | 174.66 | 182.97 | 191.29 | 199.61 | 207.93 | 216.24 | 224.56 | 232.88 | 241.19 | 249.51 |
| 9 | 40 | 332.68 | 166.34 | 16.63 | 332.68 | 349.31 | 365.95 | 382.58 | 399.22 | 415.85 | 432.48 | 449.12 | 465.75 | 482.39 | 499.02 |
| 10 | 77 | 640.41 | 307.73 | 30.77 | 640.41 | 671.18 | 701.95 | 732.73 | 763.50 | 794.27 | 825.05 | 855.82 | 886.59 | 917.37 | 948.14 |
| 11 | 154 | 1280.82 | 640.41 | 64.04 | 1280.82 | 1344.86 | 1408.90 | 1472.94 | 1536.98 | 1601.02 | 1665.06 | 1729.10 | 1793.15 | 1857.19 | 1921.23 |
| 12 | 308 | 2561.64 | 1280.82 | 128.08 | 2561.64 | 2689.72 | 2817.80 | 2945.88 | 3073.96 | 3202.05 | 3330.13 | 3458.21 | 3586.29 | 3714.37 | 3842.45 |
| 13 | 615 | 5114.96 | 2553.32 | 255.33 | 5114.96 | 5370.29 | 5625.62 | 5880.95 | 6136.28 | 6391.61 | 6646.95 | 6902.28 | 7157.61 | 7412.94 | 7668.27 |
| 14 | 1230 | 10229.91 | 5114.96 | 511.50 | 10229.91 | 10741.41 | 11252.90 | 11764.40 | 12275.89 | 12787.39 | 13298.88 | 13810.38 | 14321.87 | 14833.37 | 15344.87 |
| 15 | 2500 | 20792.50 | 10562.59 | 1056.26 | 20792.50 | 21848.76 | 22905.02 | 23961.28 | 25017.54 | 26073.80 | 27130.05 | 28186.31 | 29242.57 | 30298.83 | 31355.09 |
| 16 | 4900 | 40753.30 | 19960.80 | 1996.08 | 40753.30 | 42749.38 | 44745.46 | 46741.54 | 48737.62 | 50733.70 | 52729.78 | 54725.86 | 56721.94 | 58718.02 | 60714.10 |
| 17 | 9800 | 81506.60 | 40753.30 | 4075.33 | 81506.60 | 85581.93 | 89657.26 | 93732.59 | 97807.92 | 101883.25 | 105958.58 | 110033.91 | 114109.24 | 118184.57 | 122259.90 |
| 18 | 19600 | 163013.20 | 81506.60 | 8150.66 | 163013.20 | 171163.86 | 179314.52 | 187465.18 | 195615.84 | 203766.50 | 211917.16 | 220067.82 | 228218.48 | 236369.14 | 244519.80 |
| 19 | 39200 | 326026.40 | 163013.20 | 16301.32 | 326026.40 | 342327.72 | 358629.04 | 374930.36 | 391231.68 | 407533.00 | 423834.32 | 440135.64 | 456436.96 | 472738.28 | 489039.60 |
| 20 | 78400 | 652052.80 | 326026.40 | 32602.64 | 652052.80 | 684655.44 | 717258.08 | 749860.72 | 782463.36 | 815066.00 | 847668.64 | 880271.28 | 912873.92 | 945476.56 | 978079.20 |
| Note: The further out each Traveller Orbit is the more room for for placing planets exist. You can further subdicvide these areas as you see fit to make as acurate an orbital distance as you like. |