[meteorite-list] Calculating a meteorite orbit

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Sep 24 14:08:36 2004
Message-ID: <003a01c4a261$809ff2f0$9600000a_at_HAL>

> Don't expect to get an Excel spreadsheet which gives
> you the result in a few minutes. It's really hard work....

Hello Dieter,

Not if you use my spreadsheet. ;-)

If you have a radiant and speed (agreed: that is the tough part!) it does give
you an orbit in a minute or so. The most work-intensive part is calculating the
earth's X, Y, Z coordinates with "Planeph" and cutting & pasting that into the
spreadsheet.
There was a paper introducing this spreadsheet in the latest issue of WGN.

By contrast: CREATING the spreadsheet WAS hard work indeed. Worked for several
weeks on it before it worked correctly.

- Marco

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