From 9b58d35185905f8334142bf4988cb784e993aea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Pearson Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:23:03 -0600 Subject: Initial import of extracted KDE i18n tarballs --- tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/solarsys.docbook | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/solarsys.docbook (limited to 'tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/solarsys.docbook') diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/solarsys.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/solarsys.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9acaf75e8ba --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/solarsys.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + +Solar System Viewer +Tools +Solar System Viewer + + + +The Solar System Viewer + + + + + + Solar System Viewer + + + + +This tool displays a model of our solar system as seen from above, for the current date and time in the main window. The Sun is drawn as a yellow dot in the centre of the plot, and the orbits of the planets are drawn as circles with correct relative diameters, centred on the Sun. The current position of each planet along its orbit is drawn as a coloured dot along with a name label. The display can be zoomed in and out with the + and - keys. + +The current version of this tool shows a very simplified model of the solar system; we are planning on several improvements in future versions. For example, the orbits will be displayed as ellipses, not perfect circles. We will also make it possible to recenter the display at any location (currently, the centre is fixed at the Sun), and allow the date to be changed, including the ability to animate the display with a variable timestep. Finally, we would like to add comets and asteroids as well. + + -- cgit v1.2.1