Comet Class Reference

#include <Comet.hpp>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Comet (const QString &englishName, int flagLighting, double radius, double oblateness, Vec3f color, float albedo, const QString &texMapName, posFuncType _coordFunc, void *userDataPtr, OsculatingFunctType *osculatingFunc, bool closeOrbit, bool hidden)
virtual QString	getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const
	Get a string with data about the Comet.
virtual float	getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const
void	setAbsoluteMagnitudeAndSlope (double magnitude, double slope)
	sets absolute magnitude and slope parameter.

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Detailed Description

Author:

Bogdan Marinov

Some of the code in this class is re-used from the parent Planet class.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual QString Comet::getInfoString	(	const StelCore *	core,
		const InfoStringGroup &	flags
	)			const [virtual]

Get a string with data about the Comet.

Comets support the following InfoStringGroup flags:

• Name
• Magnitude
• RaDec
• AltAzi
• Distance
• PlainText

  Parameters:

  	core	the StelCore object
  	flags	a set of InfoStringGroup items to include in the return value.

  Returns:

  a QString containing an HMTL encoded description of the Comet.

Reimplemented from Planet.

virtual float Comet::getVMagnitude	(	const StelCore *	core,
		bool	withExtinction = false
	)			const [virtual]

Reimplemented from Planet.

void Comet::setAbsoluteMagnitudeAndSlope	(	double	magnitude,
		double	slope
	)

sets absolute magnitude and slope parameter.

These are the parameters in the IAU's two-parameter magnitude system for comets. They are used to calculate the apparent magnitude at different distances from the Sun. They are not used in the same way as the same parameters in MinorPlanet.