drawPlanets.frink

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// Draws all the planets and their sizes and phase angles for a moment in time.

use planets.frink
d=now[]

lat=40 deg North
long=105 deg West

// Uses the average colors from here:
// https://twitter.com/DonaldM38768041/status/1345288891801116672

colors = new dict[[["Mercury", makeColor[114, 102, 88]],
["Venus",   makeColor[239, 235, 223]],
["Earth",   makeColor[164, 159, 179]],
["Mars",    makeColor[136, 100, 68]],
["Jupiter", makeColor[195, 190, 171]],
["Saturn",  makeColor[201, 179, 142]],
["Uranus",  makeColor[168, 192, 194]],
["Neptune", makeColor[145, 175, 186]],
["Pluto",   makeColor[158, 147, 129]]]]


g=new graphics

y = 0 deg
x = 0 deg
spacing = 10 arcsec

for planet = Planet.planetsMinusEarth
{
   rad= Planet.Earth.radiusAngle[d, planet]
   // g.color[randomFloat[0,1], randomFloat[0,1], randomFloat[0,1]]
   g.color[colors@(planet.getName[])]
   if planet != Planet.Saturn
      g.add[planet.drawPolygonRelativeToZenith[d, lat, long, x, y + rad + spacing, rad, true]]
   else
      g.add[planet.drawSaturnRelativeToZenith[d, lat, long, x, y+rad+spacing, rad]]
   
   y = y + 2 rad + spacing
}

g.invertGrays[].show[]
g.invertGrays[].write["drawPlanets.png", 300, undef]

makeColor[r, g, b] := new color[r/255, g/255, b/255]


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