System editor... Making a moon orbit a planet

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  1. liltbrockie

    liltbrockie Active Member

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    Hi there... in the system editor how do you make a moon orbit a planet? When I add a new body it seems the only option is for it to orbit the sun?
  2. bountyhunta

    bountyhunta New Member

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    i think the moon should be smaller and/or lighter than the planet ... otherwise it orbits the sun

    and the orbit cant be so big that for example the sun is between planet and moon :)
  3. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Try modifying the mass. That way you can have moons that orbits moons that orbit moons that ...
  4. liltbrockie

    liltbrockie Active Member

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    OK I will have a look at the mass.
  5. spazzdla

    spazzdla Active Member

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    It has to have suffiencet mass and the planet orbititng it can't have to much.

    I've had a planet orbiting another planet.. which had a planet orbiting that one with a moon oribiting that one... .. I got orbit happy.
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