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From: ranjit@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Ranjit Bhatnagar)
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Subject: Re: Voyager and Neptune
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Date: 28 Aug 89 20:24:03 GMT
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In article <936@wsu-cs.uucp> jal@kronos.cs.wayne.edu (Jason Leigh) writes:
>Write a program like the Halley Project except instead of having plain
>circles as planets use the photos sent back by Voyager to render more
>realistic planets.  The Amiga's graphics ability would make this
>next generation of Halley Project a superb educational tool, if
>not great game!

This is a nice idea.  Also nice would be an animation of the flight
of Voyager 2 (and any other space probes we can think of).  In fact,
if someone can provide data on the trajectory of Voyager - or any other
space probe - I'll whip up a program to make an animation out of it
on your favorite ray tracer (sculpt, dbw, qrt).  I'd also like information
on the orbits, sizes, colors, etc. of the planets and their moons
so that the animation can be accurate in that regard.  (I guess I
could look it up in the encyclopedia, but that's not up to date!)

	- ranjit


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