On 9/15/2018 2:11 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> I'm trying to adapt the following PDF to POV-Ray code for my
>> planetarium/orrery.
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>> https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/txt/aprx_pos_planets.pdf
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> It was a gigantic PITA
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http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.animations/thread/%3Cweb.5915a4387de46d5ec437ac910%40news.povray.org%3E/?mtop=41
> 6271
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> Even more of a PITA was unpacking date codes.
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>
Interesting. It seems I posted in that thread too.
>> How do I calculate the modulus -180 <= M <= +180?
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> I don't know what that means
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Quote:
"Modulos the mean anomaly so that -180 <= M <= +180 ..."
Mike
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