10th Planet
Posted: 30.07.2005, 12:20
You've probably heard about the latest discovery by Mike Brown's team at Caltech.
If not, check it out:
JPL's press release: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/media/072905/
Discoverer's Web site: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/
New Scientist article: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7763
Here is some code to add to your 'extras' folder. Copy the code and paste it at the end of your 'outersys.ssc' file or create a new file and give it any name you like (as long as it has an ssc file extension).
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If not, check it out:
JPL's press release: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/media/072905/
Discoverer's Web site: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/
New Scientist article: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7763
Here is some code to add to your 'extras' folder. Copy the code and paste it at the end of your 'outersys.ssc' file or create a new file and give it any name you like (as long as it has an ssc file extension).
#Preliminary elements for 2003ub313 by Adam Nieman (http://www.spacesignpost.com) 30 July 2005
#2003ub313 is the '10th planet', announced in July 2005.
#Data from: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K05/K05O41.html
#Discoverer's Web site: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/
#JPL's press release: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/media/072905/
"10th Planet" "Sol"
{
Class "planet"
Texture "asteroid.jpg"
Radius 1350
Albedo 0.05
EllipticalOrbit
{
Epoch 20050818.0
Period 557
SemiMajorAxis 67.7091000
Eccentricity 0.4416129
Inclination 44.17700
AscendingNode 35.87500
ArgOfPericenter 151.31153
MeanAnomaly 197.53790
}
}
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