COMET LEVY-SHOEMAKER COLLISION WITH JUPITER

alegator · Post #1by **alegator** » 06.01.2003, 04:03

I selected the comet, set the date of the collision but the comet is far away from Jupiter....is this a bug?

JackHiggins · Post #2by **JackHiggins** » 06.01.2003, 12:09

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.

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...

alegator · Post #3by **alegator** » 14.01.2003, 06:43

Jack, yes, I did use selden's site and now they work fine, specially the xyz coordinates.
Good lck and thanks.