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| Planet Finder |
| Computer languages | Java + |
|---|---|
| Full description | 'Planet Finder' shows the locations of the … 'Planet Finder' shows the locations of the planets, stars, moon, and sun in the sky from any location and for any date and time. Initially, it guesses the biggest city in your time zone. If this is incorrect, you can set your location either by typing in your latitude and longitude or by choosing a city from the list (which only includes those with populations greater than 3 million). In the U.S., daylight savings time lasts from 2 am on the first sunday of April until 2 am on the last sunday of October. The program handles this by default. If you are not in the U.S., you may need to set daylight savings time manually. eed to set daylight savings time manually. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.lightandmatter.com/area2planet.shtml + |
| Interface | x-window-system + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | science + , astronomy + , stars + , moon + , planets + , PlanetFinder + , sun + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 25 February 2002 + |
| License | GPLv2 + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 25 February 2002 + |
| Name | Planet Finder + |
| Real name | Ben Crowell + |
| Related projects | Hitchhiker 2000 + , Kstars + , Gnuskies + , Sunclock + , Celestia + , Xplanet + , Spacechart + , Ephemeris + |
| Resource URL | mailto:crowell01@lightandmatter.com + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 6,620 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 15:18:14 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Science | astronomy + |
| Short description | Shows the location of planetary bodies + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Use | science + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 2.0 stable released 2001-08-15 |
| Version date | 15 August 2001 + |
| Version download | http://www.lightandmatter.com/planetfinder.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 2.0 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 12 April 2011 15:18:14 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | crowell05getse-mail@lightandmatter.com + |
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