How to make a game object move to the opposite direction of a constantly moving object? Unity 2D

Question

I have a game object that constantly rotates around another one:

What I am trying to achieve is to have the circle move in the opposite direction of the square when I press the space key, the square will simulate a propeller, for example:

This is the code I have, which kinda works:

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
 {
 
     [SerializeField] GameObject rotatingPropellant;
     [SerializeField] float rotationSpeed;
     [SerializeField] float impulseForce;
 
 
     Rigidbody2D playerRb;
 
     void Start()
     {
         playerRb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
     }
 
     void Update()
     {
         RotatePropellant();
         Move();
     }
 
     void RotatePropellant()
     {
         rotatingPropellant.transform.RotateAround(transform.position, new Vector3(0f, 0f, 1f), rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
     }
 
     void Move()
     {
         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
         {
             playerRb.velocity = -rotatingPropellant.transform.position * impulseForce * Time.deltaTime;
         }
 
     }
 }

But sometimes the circle moves up even if the square is up (meaning that the circle should be pushed down), not sure if maybe the signs are not correct or if I should be approaching this with a different method

Answer 1

So this:

playerRb.velocity = -rotatingPropellant.transform.position * impulseForce * Time.deltaTime;

relies on rotatingPropellant position relative to World's zero position (Vector3.zero), which might work only if the propellant revolves around this zero point. What you should probably do instead is get the difference:

Vector3 dir = (rotatingPropellant.transform.position - transform.position).normalized;
playerRb.velocity = dir  * impulseForce * Time.deltaTime;

Also, instead of changing velocity, you can add force instead:

Vector3 dir = (rotatingPropellant.transform.position - transform.position).normalized;
playerRb.AddForce(dir  * impulseForce, ForceMode2D.Impulse);