"Rune" <run### [at] mobilixnetdk> wrote in message
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> "Bill DeWitt" wrote:
> >     But the problem with the formula I am using is
> > that it goes vertical too far from the center. The
> > larger the mass, the wider the area of nearly
> > vertical descent.
>
> scale <1, 0.1, 1>

    That's cheating. I want something that really works.

> I also think it would look nice if the planets etc. were placed down in
the
> holes instead of hovering over them. That way I think it would look more
> like the holes are a direct effect of the objects.

    I tried that and it did look better to me... but then the planets are
not on one plane. With two objects it was not too bad, but as soon as I
added a third it was obviously wrong. It looked like the earth was orbiting
the top quarter of the sun...

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