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COMET LEVY-SHOEMAKER COLLISION WITH JUPITER

Posted: 06.01.2003, 04:03
by alegator
I selected the comet, set the date of the collision but the comet is far away from Jupiter....is this a bug?

Posted: 06.01.2003, 12:09
by JackHiggins
Which orbital elements did you use to show the comet?

There are a few different ones on selden's site( http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/ )- but the xyz coordinates work best. 8) I am currently working on getting xyz coordinates for all 21 fragments, but i'm getting a new computer so itll be ages before theyre on the internet... :(

Posted: 14.01.2003, 06:43
by alegator
Jack, yes, I did use selden's site and now they work fine, specially the xyz coordinates.
Good lck and thanks.