Feature Request: multiple names for objects other than stars
Posted: 27.11.2003, 06:07
It'd be nice if this feature worked for other types of objects. It'd make it possible to list and search for satellites by common name, SCC, and COSPAR (i.e Hipparcos, 20169, 1989-062B), it'd let you use any of the names of a moon or minor planet, (i.e. Adrastea, 2002J1, or Jupiter XXXII, which are not all the same moon, I know), or both common names and multiple catalog numbers for features like open clusters (M44, Praesepe, Beehive Cluster, and NGC 2632 are identical, for instance).
Given that this feature is already implemented for stars, I'd expect the coding cost would be pretty minor. Any chance of seeing this soon?
SGP4 would also be nice, but I know that's not going to happen near-term. There is a GPL'd C library for it though! (hint hint)
Given that this feature is already implemented for stars, I'd expect the coding cost would be pretty minor. Any chance of seeing this soon?
SGP4 would also be nice, but I know that's not going to happen near-term. There is a GPL'd C library for it though! (hint hint)