The single compression ratio an orbit's own live position AND its drawn
path should both use — derived from the orbit's semi-major axis (its
defining scale, fixed regardless of where the body currently sits along
the ellipse) rather than the body's own instantaneous distance, which is
exactly what varies around a real (non-circular) orbit and is the thing
that needs to NOT independently drive the compression per point.
The single compression ratio an orbit's own live position AND its drawn path should both use — derived from the orbit's semi-major axis (its defining scale, fixed regardless of where the body currently sits along the ellipse) rather than the body's own instantaneous distance, which is exactly what varies around a real (non-circular) orbit and is the thing that needs to NOT independently drive the compression per point.