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0001 <sect2 id="calc-planetcoords"> 0002 <title>Planet Coordinates module</title> 0003 <indexterm><primary>Tools</primary> 0004 <secondary>Astrocalculator</secondary> 0005 <tertiary>Planet Coordinates module</tertiary> 0006 </indexterm> 0007 0008 <screenshot> 0009 <screeninfo> 0010 The Planet Coordinates calculator module 0011 </screeninfo> 0012 <mediaobject> 0013 <imageobject> 0014 <imagedata fileref="calc-planetcoords.png" format="PNG"/> 0015 </imageobject> 0016 <textobject> 0017 <phrase>Planet Coordinates</phrase> 0018 </textobject> 0019 </mediaobject> 0020 </screenshot> 0021 0022 <para> 0023 The Planet Coordinates module computes positional data for 0024 any major solar system body, for any time and date and any 0025 geographic location. Simply select from the <guilabel>Solar 0026 system body:</guilabel> drop-down list, and specify 0027 the desired date, time, and geographic coordinates (these 0028 values are preset to the current &kstars; settings). Then 0029 the <link linkend="equatorial">Equatorial</link>, <link 0030 linkend="horizontal">Horizontal</link>, and <link 0031 linkend="ecliptic">Ecliptic</link> coordinates of the body are computed and displayed. 0032 </para> 0033 <para> 0034 There is a batch mode for this module. You must construct 0035 an input file in which each line specifies values for the 0036 input parameters (solar system body, date, time, longitude, 0037 and latitude). You may choose to specify a constant value 0038 for some of the parameters in the calculator window (these 0039 parameters should be skipped in the input file). You may 0040 also specify which of the output parameters (Equatorial, 0041 Horizontal, Heliocentric ecliptic and Geocentric ecliptic coordinates) should be calculated. 0042 Finally, specify the input and output filenames, and press 0043 the <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button to generate the output 0044 file with the computed values. 0045 </para> 0046 </sect2>