edu.pdx.starview.planets
Class PlanetData

java.lang.Object
  edu.pdx.starview.imaging.SVSkyObject
      edu.pdx.starview.planets.PlanetData

public class PlanetData

extends SVSkyObject

This contains a list of all the planets, and provides methods to do back-end calculations of their locations at any point in time.

Author:

Dave Camarillo, Mark Huss

Field Summary

static int	EARTH
static int	JUPITER
static int	LUNA
static int	MARS
static int	MERCURY
static int	NAP
static int	NEPTUNE
static int	PLUTO
static int	SATURN
static int	SUN
static int	URANUS
static int	VENUS

Constructor Summary

PlanetData()

Method Summary

static SVAzAlt[]	getAllPlanetLocs(double JDOfObservation, SVAngle observerLat, SVAngle observerLong)
static SVAzAlt	getAzAltOfPlanet(int thePlanet, double JDOfObservation, SVAngle observerLat, SVAngle observerLong)
java.awt.Color	getColor()
int	getSize()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NAP

public static final int NAP

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SUN

public static final int SUN

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MERCURY

public static final int MERCURY

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VENUS

public static final int VENUS

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EARTH

public static final int EARTH

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MARS

public static final int MARS

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JUPITER

public static final int JUPITER

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SATURN

public static final int SATURN

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URANUS

public static final int URANUS

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NEPTUNE

public static final int NEPTUNE

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PLUTO

public static final int PLUTO

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LUNA

public static final int LUNA

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Constructor Detail

PlanetData

public PlanetData()

Method Detail

getAzAltOfPlanet

public static SVAzAlt getAzAltOfPlanet(int thePlanet,
                                       double JDOfObservation,
                                       SVAngle observerLat,
                                       SVAngle observerLong)
                                throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getAllPlanetLocs

public static SVAzAlt[] getAllPlanetLocs(double JDOfObservation,
                                         SVAngle observerLat,
                                         SVAngle observerLong)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception

Parameters:

JDOfObservation - The julian date of observation

observerLat - The latitude of the observer

observerLong - The longitude of the observer

Returns:

A list of azimuth and altitudes of the planets

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - If somthing bad happens

getSize

public int getSize()

Overrides:

getSize in class SVSkyObject

Returns:

The size of the point to be displayed

getColor

public java.awt.Color getColor()

Overrides:

getColor in class SVSkyObject

Returns:

The color of the point to be displayed.