FUTUREOB

Name

futureob

Purpose

Plot geometric circumstances for a solar system object for some years.

Description

Calling Sequence

futureob,start,length,obs,object,FULLNAME=fullname

Inputs

start - Start time for plotting window, (year,month,day,hour)
length - Length of time to plot, in years.
obs - Observatory code, Marsden's IAUC codes (scalar).
object - Object code (see description in EPHEM.PRO).

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

FULLNAME - Full name or designation for the object (default=object)
DT - step size in time (days) between computed points in plot (default=7)

Outputs

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

1995/02/23 - Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
1996/01/23 - MWB, Added getinfo call that gets Name, H, G