Jupiter had 63 moons a few years ago, but I heard rumors that they discovered a bunch more.
Jupiter had 63 moons a few years ago, but I heard rumors that they discovered a bunch more.
Bill Stickers is innocent! It isn't Bill's fault that he was hanging out in the wrong place.
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Check out this page:
http://astro.nineplanets.org/astrosoftware.html
It has links to all sorts of software for all different platforms.
Bill Stickers is innocent! It isn't Bill's fault that he was hanging out in the wrong place.
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One aspect of this project that cannot (should not) be disregarded is this: the era is the 16th Millennium, and humanity has achieved levels of technology that easy allow the addition or elimination of small moons. That fact opens up a wide range of possibilities that could easily be 'abused'; e.g., I might succumb to the temptation to say that all the little Jovian moons were 'cleaned up' at some point in the storyworld's past, thus relieving the mapmaker (c'est moi) of the burden of detailing tons of little shepherds and microsatellites. Will I cheat so? I hope not. But, what can I do with 63 flippin' moons at Jupiter alone? Yeeks.
I also need to go through some of my canon material in search of permanent artificial satellites. I know I've mentioned some.
Now I'm wondering how to map the kingdoms of the Belt. Traditional borders don't apply because the component landmasses are all moving relative to each other. I might have to color-code them, too, or maybe stick little heraldry icons on them.
My god, this project is getting complicated fast.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
Very cool software link, thanks! I just tried one and it tells me Jupiter and Saturn are both in Pisces in Sep 15605. I'll try another, maybe, and Starry Night later too.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
A demonstration of astronomical scale, for you disbelievers out there ...
I can't even make this program (AlphaCentaure, 2nd freeware on the list linked above) display all the planets at the same time. Not that I expected to!
I'm glad, though, that it lets me set the date as high as AD 15,605. Some of the others I tried long ago would not let me go past AD 9,999.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
I'm really looking forward to seeing this one develop!
Thanks ... um, me too...
Another temptation I hope not to give in to is the use of photos for the planets. I want to do new stylized representations for them, maybe something kinda isometric ... OK, it's stupid to try to represent a sphere isometrically ... but you know, at a jaunty angle with some shading. Dunno what this will do to my color palette.
I also want to make new icons for the zodiac. it would be too easy to steal a set.
I want I want I want! I sound like my 2.5yr-old nephew!
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
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