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29 Jul 2024 22:23:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray Planetarium?  
From: SharkD
Date: 28 Jun 2010 23:06:35
Message: <4c29633b$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/28/2010 6:44 PM, SharkD wrote:
> A DOS program for generating models of the solar system called POV-Ray
> Planetarium is listed here:
>
> http://objects.povworld.org/links10.html
>
> However, the link is dead. Anyone have a copy laying around they could
> send me? Is it a 16 bit application? (I'm running 64-bit Windows 7.)
>
>

I found an F. Bruder's Kepler motion include file.

http://frankbruder.fr.ohost.de/pov_en.html

At first glance it seems to be able to plot the planets after inputting 
the correct parameters. However, I'm not sure about "time of periapsis 
passage", whether it's safe to use the sidereal period in place of the 
anomalistic period.


-- 
http://isometricland.com


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