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Thu Nov 17 00:03:48 CET 2005


doesn't take into account the speed of the source of light, only that
of the observer. It is OK for stars, because stars are assumed to have
a constant (both in magnitude and orientation) velocity relative to
"inertial" space, but it is not the case for the planets.  I may be
wrong but shouldn't the aberration take into account the velocity of
the Earth relative to the planet, not that of the earth relative to
the sun? In that case the aberrate() method should be overloaded in
the KSPlanet class (and for most of the solar system bodies like
asteroids).

Thanks,

                            Bernard


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