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| blog:articles:software:orbital_calculator [2020/01/18 13:02] – [Database Maintenance] Phil Ide | blog:articles:software:orbital_calculator [2020/04/16 12:24] – [Feature List] Phil Ide | ||
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| + | * **Schwartzschild and Photon Sphere** radii calculated as a factor of mass | ||
| + | * **Synodic Periods** calculated from orbital distances (and central mass) | ||
| + | * **Synodic Periods** calculated from orbital periods | ||
| * **New Objects** added to database - six stars and one more asteroid | * **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 ' | * **Automatic Calculation** wherever it makes sense, so you don't have to hit a ' | ||
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| * **Lagrange Points** calculated as distance from the surfaces of the host and satellite mass | * **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 | * **Two-Body Orbits** taking into consideration the masses of both host and satellite | ||
| + | * **Hohmann Transfer Orbits** for low-energy migration | ||
| + | * **Distance Between Two Stars** using star-chart coordinates | ||
| + | * **Apparent Magnitude** of a star from another star | ||
| * **Distance from Period** when all you know is the host mass and and the orbital period | * **Distance from Period** when all you know is the host mass and and the orbital period | ||
| * **Satellite Footprint from Altitude** | * **Satellite Footprint from Altitude** | ||
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| * **Surface Area** of footprint in square kilometres | * **Surface Area** of footprint in square kilometres | ||
| * **Maximum Period of Visibility** of satellite from the ground | * **Maximum Period of Visibility** of satellite from the ground | ||
| + | * **Visibility over Horizon** How far from an object (e.g. mountain) can you be and still see it? | ||
| * **Age from Orbit** calculate someone' | * **Age from Orbit** calculate someone' | ||
| * **Age and Weight on Solar System Planets** | * **Age and Weight on Solar System Planets** | ||
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| * **Time Dilation from Velocity** where velocity is a factor of the speed of light | * **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 | * **Time Dilation from Orbit** factoring both gravitational time dilation and acceleration time dilation | ||
| - | * **Visibility Over Horizon** to determine the maximum distance an object can be seen | ||
| * **Context-sensitive Help** | * **Context-sensitive Help** | ||
| * **Zoom-in, Zoom-out** if things are a little hard to read | * **Zoom-in, Zoom-out** if things are a little hard to read | ||
blog/articles/software/orbital_calculator.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/28 11:30 by Phil Ide