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Astronomy
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Paul Carleton
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Nov 8, 2020
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astronomia
=
require
(
'https://raphaelsaunier.com/observable/astronomia.js'
)
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planetNames
=
[
'mercury'
,
'venus'
,
'earth'
,
'mars'
,
'jupiter'
,
'saturn'
,
'uranus'
,
'neptune'
]
;
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planets
=
Object
.
keys
(
celestialBodies
)
.
filter
(
body
=>
body
!==
'sun'
)
.
reduce
(
(
planets
,
planet
)
=>
{
const
data
=
astronomia
.
data
[
'vsop87B'
+
planet
]
;
planets
[
planet
]
=
new
astronomia
.
planetposition
.
Planet
(
data
)
return
planets
;
}
,
{
}
)
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logBase
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equinoxEarth
=
planets
[
'earth'
]
.
position2000
(
astronomia
.
solstice
.
december
(
2019
)
)
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// Debug helper to ensure that the projections are correct
viewof
scaleRange2
=
html
`<input type="range" value="0" min="0" max="1000"/>`
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viewof
canvasSize
=
html
`<input type="range" value="400" step="10" min="200" max="940"/>`
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md
`Based on : https://observablehq.com/@raphaelsaunier/projecting-planetary-positions-on-a-ring`
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viewof
logBase2
=
html
`<input type="range" value="10" min="2" max="50"/>`
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{
let
adjRangeFn
=
(
r
,
b
)
=>
{
return
Math
.
log10
(
r
)
/
Math
.
log10
(
b
)
}
;
return
Array
(
10
)
.
fill
(
0
)
.
map
(
(
_
,
i
)
=>
{
return
Object
.
keys
(
planetPositionsOnDate
)
.
map
(
(
p
)
=>
{
return
adjRangeFn
(
planetPositionsOnDate
[
p
]
[
'day'
]
.
range
+
0.6
,
i
+
2
)
// return p
}
)
;
}
)
;
}
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ld
=
luxon
.
DateTime
.
local
(
)
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end
=
ld
.
plus
(
{
days
:
orbitalPeriods
[
'mars'
]
}
)
;
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resDate
=
orbitalPeriods
[
'mars'
]
/
64
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orbInterval
=
luxon
.
Interval
.
fromDateTimes
(
ld
,
end
)
;
Insert cell
orbInterval
.
divideEqually
(
64
)
;
Insert cell
dur
=
orbInterval
.
toDuration
(
)
Insert cell
dur
.
as
(
'days'
)
;
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