[Kstars-devel] Question about viewing other objects in "Solar System" tool...

Akarsh Simha akarshsimha at gmail.com
Sun Oct 9 03:23:30 UTC 2011


On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 08:28:05PM -0400, Rick Bragg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if there is a way to view other objects such as meteors,
> comets, asteroids, etc in the the "Tools::Solar System" tool view?   Or,
> what is the best way to view the influence on these kind of bodies other
> than from a location based on Earth?  I'm not interested in a total 3D
> view of everything, but just the latest up-to-date bodies that enter
> near our system...

Hey Rick

Currently, no, we don't have anything to do that, to the best of my
knowledge. However, we should have all the data necessary to plot a
3-D view. You, or anyone who is interested, is of course, welcome to
contribute this feature.

Regards
Akarsh


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