Re: AstronomicalData. How can be taken into account when a planet is
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- Subject: [mg115257] Re: AstronomicalData. How can be taken into account when a planet is
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 05:47:58 -0500 (EST)
Your plot is not a closed loop (like a figure eight), as one might expect an analemma to be. Is that the issue that concerned you? Bobby On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:48:21 -0600, DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com> wrote: > You can check whether distance to the sun is greater or less than > distance to the planet, but I think the answer is that your code already > takes it into account. > > Mathematica computes the 2-dimensional position of Venus in the sky; you > don't need distance - just altitude and azimuth. > > Bobby > > On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:49:27 -0600, Guillermo Sanchez > <guillermo.sanchez at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear friend, >> I have represented the venus analemma for 2 next years as follow >> pos = $GeoLocation >> zone = $TimeZone >> analemmavenus = Table[{ >> AstronomicalData["Venus", {"Azimuth", {2011, 1, i, 6}, pos}, >> TimeZone -> zone], >> AstronomicalData["Venus", {"Altitude", {2011, 1, i, 6}, pos}, >> TimeZone -> zone]}, {i, 1, 2*365.25, 10}]; >> Graphics[{Orange, Point[analemmavenus]}, Frame -> True, >> FrameLabel -> {"azimut", "altitud"}] >> >> Is it taken into account when the planet is behind the Sun? >> It the answer is negative. How can be taken into account that a planet >> is behind the Sun? >> HNY >> Guillermo >> > > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com