04-19-2020, 05:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-19-2020, 05:14 AM by stevebowers.)
I don't know how to work out the lengths of the quarters using maths, so I plugged these into Celestia and estimated it. I chose the periapses as the start of the orbits.
For a planet with a 46 day year and an eccentricity of 0.5, the two shorter (summer) quarters would each last about 8 days each. The two longer (winter) quarters would last about 15 days each.
For a planet with a 46 day year and an eccentricity of 0.7, the two shorter (summer) quarters would each last about 7 days each. The two longer (winter) quarters would last about 16 days each.
For a planet with a 46 day year and an eccentricity of 0.5, the two shorter (summer) quarters would each last about 8 days each. The two longer (winter) quarters would last about 15 days each.
For a planet with a 46 day year and an eccentricity of 0.7, the two shorter (summer) quarters would each last about 7 days each. The two longer (winter) quarters would last about 16 days each.