Xplanet Draws any of the major planets and their satellites.
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Draws any of the major planets and their satellites. Xplanet was inspired by Xearth, which renders an image of the earth into the X root window. Xplanet can also render images of satellites and other planets.Xplanet draws any of the major planets and their satellites into the root window, similar to JPL's Solar System Simulator.NOTE: For detailed installation instruction please read the developer's guide at . What's New in This Release: · Add shadows from satellites on Saturn's rings, let brightness of rings go to zero as Saturn approaches equinox. · Add trail_output option to satellite files to print out satellite positions. · Calculate eclipse shadows a little past the terminator so they don't get cut off sharply. · Reload satellite files in case TLE files are updated between renderings. Suggested by Lutz M?ndle. · Added Lambert Equal Area projection · Check that -origin above or below is not specified for the Sun. · Add patch from Doug Hawkins to support marker_ · keywords in config file. · Added the -label_body option. This is useful in conjunction with -separation to specify which body the label should apply to. · Added the -separation option. This places the observer at a point in space where two bodies have the specified separation. · Allow -glare 0 to remove sun glare. · Fixed a bug where arcs were sometimes not drawn if they were vertical or horizontal lines. · A thickness value may now be specified for arcs. · Added max_radius and min_radius keywords to marker files. This disables drawing of the marker if the planet radius is larger than or smaller than the specified value, respectively. · Fixed a bug where the arc color was not reset to the default color for subsequent arcs in the file.

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