Re: TLE's for WOTS!/Hyperbolic

bjorn@tt-tech.se
Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:59:03 +0100

From: bjorn@tt-tech.se
Date:  Wed, 27 Mar 1996   10:31:03  +0100

My apologies! - 'MIME' did things to my mail,
because of trailing spaces, and the 'degrees' symbol.
Here is what it should have looked like (?) :

Robert H. McNaught <RMN@aaocbn2.aao.gov.au> wrote

>> There are many programs available that allow you to plot
>> solar-system objects as graphics or ephemerides, but don't
>> ask me about them. I just know they exist.

I should have added to my last comment, that although
Rob Matson's SkyMap also computes/displays the planets
and Sun, there is no provision to load other solar-system
orbits (and probably not hyperbolic, in the current version)

               Date/Time:  3/26/1996 20:48:01 UTC

    Object        RA              Decl       Dist (au)  Ang Size
    ------- --------------  ---------------  ---------  --------
    Sun      0h 23m 46.46s  + 2 d.34'  7.2"   0.997884  32' 3.3"
    Moon     6h 16m 27.48s  +17 d.33' 21.0"   0.002676  29'51.3"
    Mercury  0h 20m 29.19s  + 0 d.44' 18.4"   1.349655   0' 5.0"
    Venus    3h 16m 21.66s  +21 d. 5' 50.9"   0.749826   0'22.4"
    Mars     0h  7m 42.97s  - 0 d. 4' 53.3"   2.382234   0' 3.9"
    Jupiter 19h  6m 44.16s  -22 d.25' 15.0"   5.299828   0'37.2"
    Saturn  23h 58m  5.65s  - 2 d.25'  2.2"  10.537741   0'15.8"
    Uranus  20h 25m  9.11s  -19 d.50'  4.1"  20.197928   0' 3.4"
    Neptune 19h 57m 39.85s  -20 d.11' 45.4"  30.505804   0' 2.4"
    Pluto   16h 14m  1.97s  - 7 d.38' 47.4"  29.335190   0' 0.1"

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