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macORSA - 0.7

for celestial mechanics computations

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Current Version:	0.7
Release Date:	2005-01-18
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	2,660
Downloads (all versions):	2,836

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Product Description:

ORSA is an interactive tool for scientific grade Celestial Mechanics computations. Asteroids, comets, Solar, and extra-Solar planetary systems can be accurately reproduced, simulated, and analyzed.
Features: - accurate numerical algorithms - use of JPL ephemeris files for accurate planets positions - Qt-based graphical user interface - advanced 2D plotting tool and 3D OpenGL viewer - import asteroids and comets from all the known databases (MPC, JPL, Lowell, AstDyS, and NEODyS) - integrated download tool to update databases - stand alone numerical library liborsa - save and restore session from a single file

What's new in this version:

2 different installer version - one with datafiles (61Mb), one without the datfiles (12.5Mb)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OSX 10.3 or higher TrolltechQt/Mac 3.3 (compile with thread support; an installer is available on http://naranja.umh.es/~atg )

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Practically impossible to download - Version: 0.7, 1/18/2005 11:22AM PST

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I am eager to test what seems to be a very intriguing (and free) scientific software, but the downloading process is amazingly slow. It will take me at least two hours to download (and I do have ADSL) the 61Mb. Help!