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Bug#383940: marked as done (ITP: aa -- astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions)

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and subject line ITP: aa -- astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@debian.org>


* Package name    : aa
  Version         : 5.6
  Upstream Author : Steve Moshier <steve@moshier.net>
* URL             : http://www.moshier.net/
* License         : under discussion (probably GPL)
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions

aa computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies and performs
rigorous coordinate reductions to apparent geocentric and topocentric
place (local altitude and azimuth).  It also reduces star catalogue
positions given in either the FK4 or FK5 system.  Data for the 57
navigational stars is included.  Most of the algorithms employed are
from The Astronomical Almanac (AA) published by the U.S. Government
Printing Office.

aa.exe follows the rigorous algorithms for reduction of
celestial coordinates exactly as laid out in current editions of
the Astronomical Almanac.  The reduction to apparent geocentric
place has been checked by a special version of the program (aa200)
that takes planetary positions directly from the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory DE200 numerical integration of the solar system. The
results agree exactly with the Astronomical Almanac tables from
1987 onward (earlier Almanacs used slightly different reduction
methods).

Certain computations, such as the correction for nutation,
are not given explicitly in the AA but are referenced there. In
these cases the program performs the full computations that are
used to construct the Almanac tables (references are provided).


input to aa.exe is by single line responses to programmed prompts.
Output is written to stdout.

aa was used to generate the lunar distance tables at
http://www.math.uu.nl/people/wepster/ldtab.html

              - Jim Van Zandt

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I've decided to rename this package astronomical-almanac, so I'll
submit a new ITP.

         - Jim Van Zandt

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Subject: Bug#383940: ITP: aa -- astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions
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To: steveg@moregruel.net, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
CC: 383940@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <20060821142338.GA7516@moregruel.net> (message from Steve
	Greenland on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:23:38 -0500)
From: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:08:55 -0400
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Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> wrote:
>   On 20-Aug-06, 15:43 (CDT), "James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz@comcast.net> wrote: 
>   > aa computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies and performs
>
>   In English, the beginning of a sentence is capitalized. Consider it to
>   be the program name, rather than the executable. If you can't tolerate
>   this, recast the sentence to avoid beginning with the program name.

I'm following the GNU coding standards: "If a lower-case identifier
comes at the beginning of a sentence, don't capitalize it! Changing
the spelling makes it a different identifier."

>   > aa.exe follows the rigorous algorithms for reduction of
>
>   Is it "aa" or "aa.exe"? Presumably the former in Debian.

Fixed.

   > input to aa.exe is by single line responses to programmed prompts.

   Capitilization again.

   I'm a little concerned about the short name for the package. However, if
   it's widely known in the field, it's probably okay.

aa has been used for a long time.  However, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote
>"aa" is really ambiguous
I think this is a better argument.

>Why not name it astronomical-almanac?

Seems a bit wordy.  However I'm getting used to it.  It would be more
informative in a list of package names.  Okay, I'll make the change.

              - Jim Van Zandt
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