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| - | ====== Orbital Calculator v2 Feature List ====== | ||
| - | The list of features in v2.0 has grown considerably since the last version in the v1.x series (v1.2), and all known bugs have been removed. It has been a complete redevelopment from the ground up using a different programming language. I'll bullet-point all the features and try to keep this list brief and to the point. | ||
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| - | * **New Objects** added to database - six stars and one more asteroid | ||
| - | * **Automatic Calculation** wherever it makes sense, so you don't have to hit a ' | ||
| - | * **Copy to Clipboard** on most result screens | ||
| - | * **Database Stats** now provides totals | ||
| - | * **Repeat Last Calculation** now works even if you've removed both the host mass and satellite mass from the database | ||
| - | * **Import Data** recognises v1.x import files and databases (so you can import directly from an old database) | ||
| - | * **Export Data** to prune a database, separate project data or to share with friends | ||
| - | * **Preferences** to control update checking, restoring window sizes and positions | ||
| - | * **Gravitation and Motion** to calculate gravity, escape velocity and gravitational acceleration at the surface and at an elevation | ||
| - | * **Lagrange Points** calculated as distance from the surfaces of the host and satellite mass | ||
| - | * **Two-Body Orbits** taking into consideration the masses of both host and satellite | ||
| - | * **Distance from Period** when all you know is the host mass and and the orbital period | ||
| - | * **Satellite Footprint from Altitude** | ||
| - | * **Visible Surface** of host mass as % | ||
| - | * **Latitude spread** of the footprint across the surface | ||
| - | * **Diameter** of footprint | ||
| - | * **Radius** of footprint | ||
| - | * **Surface Area** of footprint in square kilometres | ||
| - | * **Maximum Period of Visibility** of satellite from the ground | ||
| - | * **Age from Orbit** calculate someone' | ||
| - | * **Age and Weight on Solar System Planets** | ||
| - | * **Calculate Habitable Zone** (a.k.a. Goldilocks Zone) around a star | ||
| - | * **Time Dilation from Velocity** where velocity is a factor of the speed of light | ||
| - | * **Time Dilation from Orbit** factoring both gravitational time dilation and acceleration time dilation | ||
| - | * **Context-sensitive Help** | ||
| - | * **Zoom-in, Zoom-out** if things are a little hard to read | ||
| - | * **Password Generator** to generate very strong passwords for those pesky internet logins | ||
| - | * **Multi-Platform** it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux | ||
| - | * **64-bit** versions available for all platforms | ||
| - | * **32-bit** versions available for Windows and Linux | ||
| - | * **Portable** means it doesn' | ||
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| - | Many of the existing features have been revamped and are much easier to use. At the time this article was written, all these features have been implemented and the software is undergoing testing. | ||
blog/articles/software/oc2_features.1557406854.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/05/09 13:00 by Phil Ide