You're much better off with a parabolic mirror behind the planet. The lens has to be massive and will probably undergo gravitational collapse into a ball. The mirror can be made very thin and is actually a conceivable way if doing it. You can also use the mirror's own solar sail quality to make it stay in higher orbit while at the same angular velocity around the star as the planet.
Dangit! I should have calculated the possible mass of such a lens and determine whether Kerbin has enough sand (probably not)! Please, someone, if you calculate this and post it here I will show it in the next video!
The curvature depends on where you put the lens. The closer the lens is to Eeloo, the more curved it would need to be. If we assume we can suspend it in space anywhere we want, we can assume a middle of the road curvature. You'd probably get the order of magnitude right.
@@curious_ksp_ is there a way to calculate the curvature of the Lens if we know how thick it is to the Edge and at the center? If so, se know where to position is and then we have the Mass of it
@@fRiX15 Mass can be calculated by multiplying density (of glass in this case) with volume. Volume is maybe a bit trickier, but is doable. I recommend looking more stuff up about lenses and such to get exact formulas and such. I don't know them myself.
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I did not graduate, let alone pay attention in school, I now deeply regret this choice along with most of what I did in my younger years but I digress. Anyways point is I suck at math, but I'm a pretty curious person and space and rocketry is my biggest hobby. I am sure you see where my problem lies, my question is what do the fine people of the interwebs recommend? I just don't know where to start, what to do even, i just want to further my education. I've considered community collage but no way am I paying $5k-6k (my local community collage course price) just to not understand any of it and fall behind. This might not be the place for a question like this, but I'm going to go on a soft assumption that people watching this video also like to learn.
@@curious_ksp_ i already use Brilliant and Khan academy actually, and both seem to be helping (more brilliant just because it’s UI is more iPhone friendly. I was really just curious if that was the best and more efficient approach, I get there no one way to learn and everyone has their own pace but there has to be an arguably “better” way than other if you get what I mean. But it seems that these kind of learning apps are the best to use for someone in my position. Edit: I’m not really great at wording the things I mean, I guess I could have worded my initial comment better but whatever lol. I appreciate the feedback and any advice is more than welcome. Like is there any text books I can buy that you would recommend or something?
Great video! Did you include in your calculations, that the lens would be closer to the Kerbol than Eelloo? The semi-major axis could wary quite significantly depending on the masses of Kerbol and Eeloo. But to reemphasise, you did a great job.
If you have a curved enough lens then the difference in the semi-major axis shouldnt be too big I believe. I have not calculated it, but I can't imagine it making too much of a difference with the right curvature To answer your question directly though: no, I assumed a similar semi-major axis🙃
You're much better off with a parabolic mirror behind the planet. The lens has to be massive and will probably undergo gravitational collapse into a ball. The mirror can be made very thin and is actually a conceivable way if doing it. You can also use the mirror's own solar sail quality to make it stay in higher orbit while at the same angular velocity around the star as the planet.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing!
i think kerbals would be better off warming up laythe!
now let's terraform it
Yes
kerbiform*
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The real question is how much soup we can make out of Eeloo’s water
Depends on how "soupy" you want it. How thick is the soup? These are important things to think about!
indeed, perhaps chicken noodle soup?
Hmmm... Better start mining some Sand then🤣
Dangit! I should have calculated the possible mass of such a lens and determine whether Kerbin has enough sand (probably not)! Please, someone, if you calculate this and post it here I will show it in the next video!
@@curious_ksp_ it would be possible to calculate, but you didn't give the curvature and width of the Lens🤣 all we know is the diameter
The curvature depends on where you put the lens. The closer the lens is to Eeloo, the more curved it would need to be. If we assume we can suspend it in space anywhere we want, we can assume a middle of the road curvature. You'd probably get the order of magnitude right.
@@curious_ksp_ is there a way to calculate the curvature of the Lens if we know how thick it is to the Edge and at the center? If so, se know where to position is and then we have the Mass of it
@@fRiX15 Mass can be calculated by multiplying density (of glass in this case) with volume. Volume is maybe a bit trickier, but is doable. I recommend looking more stuff up about lenses and such to get exact formulas and such. I don't know them myself.
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How could we determine what the distance from eeloo to the lense is? Would it be too large to situate at the L1 point to help stabilize the orbit?
There's a way to make the lens more effective while also reducing its radius - place it closer to Kerbol.
I did not graduate, let alone pay attention in school, I now deeply regret this choice along with most of what I did in my younger years but I digress. Anyways point is I suck at math, but I'm a pretty curious person and space and rocketry is my biggest hobby. I am sure you see where my problem lies, my question is what do the fine people of the interwebs recommend? I just don't know where to start, what to do even, i just want to further my education. I've considered community collage but no way am I paying $5k-6k (my local community collage course price) just to not understand any of it and fall behind. This might not be the place for a question like this, but I'm going to go on a soft assumption that people watching this video also like to learn.
Something like Brilliant might be an option. It offers interactive courses on maths, physics, coding and such. Might be worth a try!
You could try Khan Academy to catch up to 12th grade level
@@shoryaagarwal677 Oh yeah! They are very good, thank you for mentioning!
@@curious_ksp_ i already use Brilliant and Khan academy actually, and both seem to be helping (more brilliant just because it’s UI is more iPhone friendly. I was really just curious if that was the best and more efficient approach, I get there no one way to learn and everyone has their own pace but there has to be an arguably “better” way than other if you get what I mean. But it seems that these kind of learning apps are the best to use for someone in my position.
Edit: I’m not really great at wording the things I mean, I guess I could have worded my initial comment better but whatever lol. I appreciate the feedback and any advice is more than welcome. Like is there any text books I can buy that you would recommend or something?
I also dont really pay attention in school but still in 3rd grade and im a space guy
Great video! Did you include in your calculations, that the lens would be closer to the Kerbol than Eelloo? The semi-major axis could wary quite significantly depending on the masses of Kerbol and Eeloo. But to reemphasise, you did a great job.
If you have a curved enough lens then the difference in the semi-major axis shouldnt be too big I believe. I have not calculated it, but I can't imagine it making too much of a difference with the right curvature
To answer your question directly though: no, I assumed a similar semi-major axis🙃
love this kinds of videos
Video idea about laythe's extinct life
Hmm I'll have to ask a biologist for more details. It is not really my field🙃
Oh, yeah, I remember you talking about this on a stream! :D
Video Idea: How many nukes would it take to melt Duna's poles into oceans?
Letz go nuts! I mean, nukes!
@@curious_ksp_ Haha yeah, thanks! Something to think about 👀
The lens is closer to the sun than the planet so it’s slightly less
so if the lens is unfeasable for the kerbals anytime soon how about a thruster to move eeloo closer until its nice
honestly more feasible haha
What the fuck am I looking at dawggg?😭
But what about multiple lenses focusing on each other?
Hmmmm cool experiment🤔
much more practical to use mirrors.... :)
For sure!
just put it closer to the sun
So, no funny prank?