Jim, So you are a fellow FORTRAN programmer (I learned in 1962)! Nice to see a few still kicking. It's still a far cry from a dead language, I'm sure you will agree. Other than OrbFit (I did find it and downloaded the source code for Windows), are there any other files I might find online? Thanks, Richard ___________________________________ Richard Allan John Cox racox@racox.net (+37.263696,-121.981593) -----Original Message----- From: Jim Scotti [mailto:jscotti@pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:17 PM To: Fernandez Amiel Cc: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: Optical sighting orbit determination method There are some programs available on the internet, for example Orbfit which you should be able to google and find. There are also some other books that describe the techniques and a few that even list programs, such as Boulet's "Methods of Orbit Determination for the Microcomputer". That book is getting a bit old and I think uses Basic for its programs. You can probably still order it from Willmann-Bell. Danby's "Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics" is a good book as well with some subroutines and programs and A.E. Roy's "Orbital Motion" has some useful approaches for the programmer. Another great book for orbit determination is Escobal's "Methods of Orbit Determination". Good luck! Jim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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