Orbiting Turtles Around a Stationary Circle

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I’ve been told it isn’t possible to simultaneously move turtles, but I’ve seen it done, I know it’s possible. I just don’t know how to go about structuring the code and I don’t know if I’m missing anything. I’m aware that the 4 while loops are one issue and I will edit them some other time. It would be much appreciated if I could get feedback or a solution. I’m new to python and coding as a whole.

Here is my code:

import turtle as trtl

array =

x=0
middle = trtl.Turtle()
trtl.shape(“circle”)
turtle = trtl.Turtle()
turtle.penup()
turtle.speed(1)
turtle.goto(44, 0)
turtle.setheading(90)
array.append(turtle)

turtle2 = trtl.Turtle()
turtle2.penup()
turtle2.speed(1)
turtle2.goto(0, 44)
turtle2.setheading(180)
array.append(turtle2)

turtle3 = trtl.Turtle()
turtle3.penup()
turtle3.speed(1)
turtle3.goto(0, -44)
turtle3.setheading(0)
array.append(turtle3)

turtle4 = trtl.Turtle()
turtle4.penup()
turtle4.speed(1)
turtle4.goto(-44, 0)
turtle4.setheading(270)
array.append(turtle4)

while turtle in array:
turtle.circle(44)

while turtle2 in array:
turtle2.circle(44)

while turtle3 in array:
turtle3.circle(44)

while turtle4 in array:
turtle4.circle(44)

wn = trtl.Screen()
wn.mainloop()

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I don’t know how to format my code either and I apologize.

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I’m not an expert on the turtle module, but I think what people mean is
that while one turtle is in motion, no other turtle can be.

But you can interleave calls to move each turtle to get the illusion of
simultaneous motion:

import turtle
a = turtle.Turtle()
b = turtle.Turtle()
a.penup(); a.setpos(0.0, -10.0); a.pendown()
b.penup(); b.setpos(0.0, +10.0); b.pendown()
for i in range(50):
    time.sleep(0.15)
    a.forward(1)
    b.forward(2)

Have you looked at the turtledemo? I think the round dance example might
be particularly useful for you.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/turtle.html#module-turtledemo