[Kstars-devel] kdeedu/kstars/kstars/data

[Jason Harris]

CVS commit by harris: 

Fixing BR #89290 (Machholz 2 text displayed twice slightly offset)

This isn't really a bug.  Comet Machholz 2 was discovered in 1994, and 
at that time it consisted of 4 separate nuclei on a common orbit.  It 
must have been broken up, either from internal forces of its outgassing  
or due to tidal forces from the Sun or Jupiter.

Since 1994, two of the nuclei have apparently gone dark, but the other 
two are still observable.  Since they are on a common orbit, they appear 
very close in the sky, which is why you see the overlapping text of 
their common name.  See here for more info:  
http://cometography.com/pcomets/141p.html

To avoid confusion, I have changed their names to include the "A" and 
"D" designations for the separate nuclei. 

(Note that comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 has four separate components in 
KStars, but these already had different designators on each nucleus)

CCMAIL: 89290-done at bugs.kde.org
CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde.org


  M +2 -2      comets.dat   1.3


--- kdeedu/kstars/kstars/data/comets.dat  #1.2:1.3
@@ -141,6 +141,6 @@
 139P/Vaisala-Oterma                   51280 3.38165264 0.24806512   2.33291 165.58795 242.46753 19980929.02046 JPL 20
 140P/Bowell-Skiff                     51320 1.97187717 0.69176166   3.83583 173.08677 343.45646 19990514.81193 JPL#25
-141P-D/Machholz 2                     51520 0.74900569 0.75106241  12.81184 149.29181 246.13363 19991209.95528 JPL#11
-141P-A/Machholz 2                     51520 0.74893260 0.75106967  12.81129 149.30141 246.13713 19991209.27433 JPL#70
+141P-D/Machholz 2 (D)                 51520 0.74900569 0.75106241  12.81184 149.29181 246.13363 19991209.95528 JPL#11
+141P-A/Machholz 2 (A)                 51520 0.74893260 0.75106967  12.81129 149.30141 246.13713 19991209.27433 JPL#70
 142P/Ge-Wang                          51360 2.49686285 0.50022878  12.17508 177.38692 177.14413 19990621.46102 JPL#09
 143P/Kowal-Mrkos                      52120 2.54624556 0.40921851   4.68382 320.55394 245.49759 20000701.70015 JPL 20