Posts by Immy
- 27.09.2002, 16:22
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Creating a Planetary Orrery
- Replies: 9
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Re: Creating a Planetary Orrery
Jmmy, due to my interest on Astronomy school training using Celestia, I was thinking about something of this kind, so could you be so kind to share your solarsys.ssc with your orrery? If you want, but prefer to send it privately, this is my address: mc3657@mclink.it Thank you Andrea Will do, I'll e...
- 24.09.2002, 15:32
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Creating a Planetary Orrery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6519
Re: Creating a Planetary Orrery
Thanks for explaining things for me, I now have an Orrery!
Immy
Immy
- 24.09.2002, 13:38
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Creating a Planetary Orrery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6519
Re: Creating a Planetary Orrery
SemiMajorAxis is the value you need to change. This is the distance from the planet to Sol, measured in AU. That works, but only if you also modify the CustomOrbit value as well. For example, to bring Jupiter's orbit next to Earth you need to set the following values: CustomOrbit "jupiterSomeOtherN...
- 24.09.2002, 12:12
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Creating a Planetary Orrery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6519
Creating a Planetary Orrery
Please can anyone help me by explaining which parameters I need to adjust, for example to bring Jupiter’s orbit closer to Mars? I’m trying to create an Orrery of our Solar System, so that I can clearly display all nine planets on one screen. To achieve this I guess I need to modify the entries in so...