This may or may not have been described before, but here:
If you used PS's system editor before, you'll know that the true anomaly, inclination, right ascension, arg of periapsis values are in a strange value.
I've found that those values are radians, or the complicated and weird cousin of the usual degrees. 360° equals to around 6.28 radians, which coincidentally is around the maximum for those above mentioned values (rounding will differ of course). All you need is degree to radian converter and you're set. I hope this helped for those making replicas of our own solar system or those beyond it.
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1,176 YaMomzBox4202.8 years ago
@Zenithspeed π is ~3.14159265359[...] and is the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle. C=πd; since d=2r, and (π•2)r is the same as π(2•r), then C=2πr (the formula for the circumference of a circle). Solving for π gives us π=C/d or 2π=C/r (remember how I said 2π=360°?). Since most mathematicians and scientists use radius as opposed to diameter for most calculations, then the latter formula is used from which the use of π as 1 "radian " or 180° since π=(C/r)/2 or ½ of the circumference of a circle divide by it's radius.
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26.8k Zenithspeed2.8 years ago
yep, pi is something i'm not too familiar with though (all ik is that it's around 3.14, has like a kajillion decimals, and is generally used for measuring something regarding to circles or something)
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1,176 YaMomzBox4202.8 years ago
6.28 is 2rad is also 2π = 360°. π = 180°. π/2 = 90°
*Edited for clarity
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@Zenithspeed lol 🕸️🧠🕸️