Do you know any program for Linux to study orbits and celestial mechanics in general?

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Luca !AMSCIenCEY Wed Oct 19 08:27:54 2011 No.3924034 [Reply] [Original]

Do you know any program for Linux to study orbits and celestial mechanics in general?

>>	Luca !AMSCIenCEY Wed Oct 19 08:47:54 2011 No.3924111 bump Anything for Windows that works with WINE is welcome too...

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 08:49:54 2011 No.3924114 Celestia?

Luca !AMSCIenCEY Wed Oct 19 09:21:54 2011 No.3924175

>>3924114
I need something that calculates orbits of given artificial objects, is celestia good for that?

i.e. a 1000kg object in a LEO orbit has to do a Trans Lunar Injection maneuver, what's the delta-v required? how much energy does it need? how much time it requires? etc etc.. possibly graphical.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 09:28:54 2011 No.3924194 http://en.spaceengine.org/

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 09:37:54 2011 No.3924224 Could this help? http://orsa.sourceforge.net/ Or this? http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktrflght.html

>>	Luca !AMSCIenCEY Wed Oct 19 09:41:54 2011 No.3924231 >>3924194 >>3924224 thank you, I'll try. >orsa I tried it, unfortunately it seems to be extremely buggy on my Ubuntu, probably because it doesn't have updates since 2008. Thanks anyway.

>>	Bruised Wed Oct 19 09:55:54 2011 No.3924259 >>3924034 Get Mathematica for linux. Set up a manipulator, solve the equations of motion (numerically or analytically if you don't parametrize time) and then plot that bitch.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 10:05:54 2011 No.3924282 File: 48 KB, 1117x975, rocket2moon.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Learn to numerically solve differential equations. Then write your own script.

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