Alternate Orbital Body Placement

The following table represents a system for orbital placement based on Light minutes. This system will allow more than one planet to reside with in a Traveller orbit.

Select the orbit number per the Traveller rules and then flux for the actual position within that orbit.

Note: Multiple planets may now reside within a Traveller orbit. Just make sure they do not overlap. If they do, re-roll the flux dice for a new position.

Units of Measure for Approximate Inner Edge of Orbital Zone			Adjusted Starting Point	10% of 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	0.07	1.66	1.74	1.81	1.89	1.96	2.04	2.11	2.19	2.26	2.34	2.41
1	0.4	3.33	2.50	0.22	3.33	3.55	3.78	4.00	4.23	4.45	4.67	4.90	5.12	5.35	5.57
2	0.7	5.82	4.99	0.45	5.82	6.27	6.72	7.17	7.62	8.07	8.52	8.97	9.41	9.86	10.31
3	1	8.32	7.49	0.67	8.32	8.99	9.66	10.34	11.01	11.69	12.36	13.03	13.71	14.38	15.05
4	1.6	13.31	12.48	1.12	13.31	14.43	15.55	16.68	17.80	18.92	20.04	21.17	22.29	23.41	24.54
5	2.8	23.29	22.46	2.02	23.29	25.31	27.33	29.35	31.37	33.39	35.41	37.43	39.46	41.48	43.50
6	5.2	43.25	42.42	3.82	43.25	47.07	50.88	54.70	58.52	62.34	66.15	69.97	73.79	77.61	81.42
7	10	83.17	82.34	7.41	83.17	90.58	97.99	105.40	112.81	120.22	127.63	135.04	142.45	149.86	157.27
8	20	166.34	165.51	14.90	166.34	181.24	196.13	211.03	225.92	240.82	255.71	270.61	285.51	300.40	315.30
9	40	332.68	331.85	29.87	332.68	362.55	392.41	422.28	452.15	482.01	511.88	541.74	571.61	601.48	631.34
10	77	640.41	639.58	57.56	640.41	697.97	755.53	813.09	870.66	928.22	985.78	1043.34	1100.90	1158.47	1216.03
11	154	1280.82	1279.99	115.20	1280.82	1396.02	1511.22	1626.41	1741.61	1856.81	1972.01	2087.21	2202.41	2317.61	2432.81
12	308	2561.64	2560.80	230.47	2561.64	2792.11	3022.58	3253.05	3483.53	3714.00	3944.47	4174.94	4405.42	4635.89	4866.36
13	615	5114.96	5114.12	460.27	5114.96	5575.23	6035.50	6495.77	6956.04	7416.31	7876.58	8336.85	8797.12	9257.39	9717.67
14	1230	10229.91	10229.08	920.62	10229.91	11150.53	12071.14	12991.76	13912.38	14833.00	15753.61	16674.23	17594.85	18515.46	19436.08
15	2500	20792.50	20791.67	1871.25	20792.50	22663.75	24535.00	26406.25	28277.50	30148.75	32020.00	33891.25	35762.50	37633.75	39505.00
16	4900	40753.30	40752.47	3667.72	40753.30	44421.02	48088.74	51756.47	55424.19	59091.91	62759.63	66427.36	70095.08	73762.80	77430.52
17	9800	81506.60	81505.77	7335.52	81506.60	88842.12	96177.64	103513.16	110848.68	118184.20	125519.71	132855.23	140190.75	147526.27	154861.79
18	19600	163013.20	163012.37	14671.11	163013.20	177684.31	192355.43	207026.54	221697.65	236368.77	251039.88	265710.99	280382.11	295053.22	309724.33
19	39200	326026.40	326025.57	29342.30	326026.40	355368.70	384711.00	414053.30	443395.60	472737.91	502080.21	531422.51	560764.81	590107.11	619449.41
20	78400	652052.80	652051.97	58684.68	652052.80	710737.48	769422.15	828106.83	886791.51	945476.19	1004160.86	1062845.54	1121530.22	1180214.89	1238899.57
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.

References & Contributors (Sources)

	This article was originally developed for wiki.travellerrpg.com by the author, all rights reserved.

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• Marc Miller. Scouts (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), TBD.
• Author & Contributor: William Richards