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JPL's Solar System Dynamics web site has been recently updated. The following
items summarize key improvements and changes.
- settings saved between sessions for a given IP address
- access to Cartesian vector and orbital element tables
- observer/center no longer restricted to Earth
- access to all table settings
- discrete time output (up to 10 values)
- improved user-interface
- generate custom tables of orbital elements and/or physical parameters
- constrain search based on object type, orbital class, orbital elements,
and/or physical parameters
- sort output based on almost any output field
- optionally download results in CSV (comma separated values) for import
into your favorite software
- master asteroid and comet database implemented in MySQL
- significantly improved query speeds
- full references available for any physical parameter
- complete taxonomic classification data from both Tholen and SMASSII
Improved Organization and Navigation
- all pages contain standard header/footer sections with navigation buttons
pointing to primary sections of the web site
- new site map showing all available pages on the site
(http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?site_map)
- instead of only listing Keplerian elements for the planets, we now include
equations appropriate for use with those elements to compute approximate
ephemerides
- a few more entries have been added to the glossary database
- improved user-interface to display glossary entries
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