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"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscape net> wrote:
> Further work:
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> Over the weekend I worked out the REAL way to do orbital inclinations, and
> processed the data for ~655,000 minor plants from:
> http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPCORB.html
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> You can clearly see why it's called the asteroid BELT. :O
Nice animation, but I don't really understand, what is happening in the
animation. Where ist Earth, where Jupiter, what changes over time?
ma
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"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Nice animation, but I don't really understand, what is happening in the
> animation. Where ist Earth, where Jupiter, what changes over time?
All of the planets are pictured stationary in their orbits
(I suppose I did that for simplicity at the time)
All of the white objects are the 655,000+ "minor planets" in the asteroid belt
getting animated over the span of 1 year
- BE
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