// This program draws the current position of planets in the solar system, // with necessary exaggerated scale. use planets.frink time = now[] g = new graphics //g.backgroundColor[0,0,.3] g.color[.5,.5,.5] // Draw the sun (20 times normal size) g.fillEllipseCenter[0,0,20 sunradius/au, 20 sunradius/au] time = now[] for planet = Planet.planets { [L, B, R] = planet.getCoordinates[time] x = R cos[B] cos[L] y = R cos[B] sin[L] // z = R sin B g.color[.5,.5,.5] // Draw approximation of orbit g.drawEllipseCenter[0,0,2 R/au,2 R/au] // Draw planets (each 20 times bigger than Jupiter, and that's still not // nearly enough, so make an even bigger circle around them.) g.color[0,0,0] //g.text[planet.getName[], x/au, y/au] g.fillEllipseCenter[x/au,y/au,1000 jupiterradius/au, 1000 jupiterradius/au] g.drawEllipseCenter[x/au,y/au,200 jupiterradius/au, 200 jupiterradius/au] } g.show[] g.print[] //g.write["planetBackground.png",1024,768] //g.write["planetBackground.svg",1024,768]