hello guys,
I don't have a programming question but a mathematical one but need to implement it in a program. I need a formula the will let me find the X,Y position of Circular motion.
For example: earth travelling around the sun, I would wanna know the X,Y position of the earth at any time.
I've looked online and didn't find anything to help me with this, i hope someone can.
thank you in advance :-)
What do you have to start with? Are you only looking to represent the position of an object in two dimensions? Is time a factor here?
Usually to represent what you are describing one uses spherical coordinates, and there are formulas to convert from cartesian (x,y,z) to spherical coordinates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindrical_coordinates#Spherical_coordinates
What I'm looking for is, for Example, someone running in a perfect circular motion and you above on a hill looking at this person... the formula should tell the x,y position of this person at time t.
yes, it is only 2D and time is a factor.
Then have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_orbit
Remember that you need to define your own point of origin and appropriate units to measure time, length etc.
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