This update features improvements to orbits & motion:
- Improved Support for Hyperbolic Trajectories
- More Precise Control of Orbital Elements
- Reorganized Motion Tab in Properties Panel
A hyperbolic trajectory is the path of an object that is affected by the gravity of a parent object, but not enough to be pulled into an orbit. Instead, it escapes the gravitational influence and continues toward infinity.
Learn more about hyperbolic trajectories:
- Home > Open > An Interstellar Object with a Hyperbolic Trajectory
There is also a new sim of Jupiter’s co-orbital retrograde asteroid 2015 BZ509:
- Home > Open > Historical > Retrograde Asteroid 2015 BZ509
Update 20.7 also has many smaller improvements, including autosaves and a revamped What’s New panel, along with a bunch of bug fixes.
Check out the full list of What’s New in Update 20.7
May 31: Update 20.7.2 is a small update with a few bug fixes, including fixes for issues with tutorials and the TRAPPIST-1 simulations.