Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21546607w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #466.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.507
Statistics
Applications
Scientific paper
Almost no one outside the astronomical community understands gravity and orbital motion. This is at odds with the seemingly boundless public enthusiasm for space exploration and interest in the origin of the Solar System. Although programs for calculating the orbits of planets and spacecraft are now available to anyone with a computer, most programs available on the internet do require some expertise and are not well suited for K-12 or lower-level undergraduate applications.
We are developing an astronomy software package known as Halley that can be used for both pedagogical and research-grade simulations; and that can both accurately compute the orbits of planets and spacecraft, and generate three-dimensional stills and movies of the orbital motion. Halley is designed using IDL (Interactive Display Language) software and powered using the IDL Virtual Machine, a program that allows users to freely share and run IDL code on any computer. The software is an improvement over comparable programs available on the internet that either lack 3D display capability, or that cannot compute the orbits of hypothetical, user-generated systems. In addition to these advantages, Halley will be designed with students and teachers in mind, and will be uniquely tied to both undergraduate and K-12 education. We anticipate that Halley will broadly improve the introduction and teaching of astronomy and science to people at all stages of education.
Palma Chris
Williams Darren M.
Williams H. R.
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