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// Program to calculate planet crossing of the Infinite Corridor at MIT
// known as "MIThenge"
//
// More info at also http://web.mit.edu/planning/www/mithenge.html
// Thanks to Keith Winstein, Ken Olum, Lenny Foner, and Matthias Huerlemann
// for various data and surveying assistance.
//
// For worked predictions, see https://futureboy.us/mithenge/
//
// Alan Eliasen, eliasen@mindspring.com
use mithengecorridor.frink
use cambridgetempFourier.frink
use sun.frink
use planets.frink
sep = "\t"
preamble = ""
if length[ARGS] > 0 && ARGS@0 == "--html"
{
sep = "<TD>"
preamble = "<TR><TD>"
}
dateOut = ### yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a zzz ###
for planet = Planet.planetsMinusEarth
{
date = beginningOfYear[now[]]
end = beginningOfYearPlus[now[], 2]
while (date < end)
{
temperature = cambridgeTemp[date]
date = planet.secantAzimuth[date, lat, long, corridorAzimuthMeeus, temperature, pressure]
[azimuth, altitude] = planet.refractedAzimuthAltitude[date, lat, long, temperature, pressure]
print[preamble]
print[planet.getName[] + sep]
print[(date -> [dateOut, "Eastern"]) + sep]
print[format[JD[date],day,5] + sep]
print[format[altitude,degrees,2] + sep]
print[format[F[temperature],1,0]]
if altitude < (0.91 degrees) and altitude > 0 degrees
print["$sep+ " + skyDarkness[date,lat, long]]
println[]
date = date + 1 day
}
}
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