I am using ParametricPlot
to plot some orbits I'm working on. So, suppose I want to plot a circular orbit. Everything works perfect and this is what I get:
Now, if I plot a longer circular orbit, i.e. an orbit that runs for a longer time, this is what I get:
However, the radial coordinate is constant, as I can see from the plot of the radius:
So it seems that ParametricPlot
messes up the plot in the long run. It took me some time to realize this, since I'm working with more complicate orbits than these circular ones.
So is there any way I can plot the actual orbits and not these weirds things I get when the parameter is very big?
PlotPoints
. You need to have several points per revolution. $\endgroup$