Globe view of orbits
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Globe view of orbits
- From: rlove at raptor.rmnug.org (Robert B. Love )
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 94 10:31:00 -0700
Has anyone generated the view of an orbiting body around a spherical
earth as seen from beyond the orbit? Its a classical view of the
orbit plane encircling the earth and having only the part of the
plane visible thats on the side of the viewer.
I looked at WorldPlot and ran into two stumbling blocks:
1) how do I generate a spherical view ? All projections seem
designed for 2D representation.
2) A WorldGraphic object has only {lat, lon}, no elevation.
I've got the orbit position vectors and ground traces generated with
MMA and would love to plot this with MMA too. Any suggestions?
All help appreciated.
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