[Kstars-devel] Aberration for planets

Jason Harris kstars at 30doradus.org
Sun Nov 20 08:45:33 CET 2005


Thanks for looking into it, James.  Clearly this bit of code needs 
better commenting!

BTW, looking forward to your star names!  Thanks

Jason

James Bowlin wrote:
> I figured out the 0.0057755183 constant.  It is the inverse speed
> of light in units of days/AU.  The other constant in the equation
> is days/millenium.  So there is now no doubt in my mind that the
> existing code takes care of the part of aberration that is due to
> the motion of the non-Earth planets and the Jovian moons.
> 
>   



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