Attempt to convert Exoplanets Database to ubox

[AFFA]

I got tired of trying to manually set up various known exoplanets in Universe Sandbox, so I wrote a script to put data from the Exoplanets Database at http://exoplanets.org/ into the older ubox format.

Some of the estimates in the current version (such as planetary diameters) are not very good. However, I thought there might be some interest in the script or the results.

I put a zip file up on my website that contains the script and all the current results:
http://affamu.org/pics/exodbsystems.zip

[APODman]

Great initiative AFFA !!

I managed to run the program and it worked great!!

Now that Dan is focused on developing the US3 the addons posted by users of the program are the best way to improve US2.

I was wondering if you could extend this addon to import other types of data, eg import TLEs (orbital data) of artificial satellites and/or import orbital elements of solar system objects at a given date from the JPL Horizon.

For those who want to try I easily run the script developed by AFFA using the following software:
- http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

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[AFFA]

I could give it a try or write a different program to do it. Do you have an example of the kind of data you'd like to import?

[Dan Dixon]

Wow... this is really awesome.

We're looking to include a database driven version of this in the all new version of Universe Sandbox, but until that's released...