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(meteorobs) Fwd: NEW ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOL ONLINE
[This slipped through last week - I thought it was interesting, even
though it doesn't allow the entry of arbitrary orbital elements, e.g.,
for meteoroid streams. However, for streams with known parent bodies,
it certainly is a nice *approximate* visualization tool...
Lew]
NEW ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOL ONLINE
>From Ron Baalke <baalke@jpl.nasadot gov>
A new Orbits section has been added to JPL's Near-Earth Object home
page. The highlight is a cool visualization tool. It is an interactive
3D orbit viewer written in Java, and you can view the orbit of any
asteroid or comet. You can rotate the orbits around and zoom in, move
around the solar system and "play" the orbits backwards and forwards
like a movie. It resides right here:
http://neo.jpl.nasadot gov/orbits
You'll have to select an object of interest first, by either entering
the asteroid/comet's name (wildcards are allowed), or making a
selection from the table of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids provided.
Ron Baalke
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