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Is it possible to implement an automatic Keplerian orbit correction function?

I mean when creating a fictional star system, it would be a huge help!

Celestia should rewrite the ssc files (if and when permitted by the user) to correct the orbital parameters.

Celestia lets you specify a Lua function to calculate an object's location or orientation. What that Lua function does is entirely up to you. It can accept keyboard input or read a file, for example. It can also modify other parameters, not just xyz coordinates. The same kinds of things can be done using an external .celx (lua) script.

For details, see https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia/Trajectories#ScriptedOrbit
and
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia/Rotation_Models#ScriptedRotation

Thanks for the info!