Re: Questions on AstronomicalData
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- Subject: [mg80687] Re: [mg80636] Questions on AstronomicalData
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:11:41 -0400 (EDT)
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At my machine I get: AstronomicalData["AndromedaGalaxy", "DistanceLightYears"] Missing["NotAvailable"] As for Pluto... who CARES if somebody decided it's not a planet? AstronomicalData["Pluto", "ObjectType"] "DwarfPlanet" Bobby On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:01:11 -0500, Robert Pigeon <robert.pigeon at videotron.ca> wrote: > Is there a problem with the AstronomicalData link with Wolfram database ? > > > Try this: AstronomicalData["AndromedaGalaxy","DistanceLightYears"] , as > listed in the Help documentation. > > > I get a dash for answer, but the Help documentation gives an answer > before > evaluating. When I try to get something from evaluating from the Help > documentation I get the dash for answer. > > > Also, I think that Pluto is not a planet anymore! But it is still listed > as > one. So, where does the database come from? Same question for the other > databases that we get data from! How can I be sure that the data is > accurate! > > > Robert > > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com