Pluto-bound probe faces its toughest task: finding Pluto

Re:Pluto-bound probe faces its toughest task: finding Pluto by jkot on Saturday June 27, 2015 @05:57AM (#9789670)

JPL Ephemerides is one of the most complex equations: 1TB of polynoms and still growing :-)

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Re:Pluto-bound probe faces its toughest task: finding Pluto by japaget on Saturday June 27, 2015 @09:09AM (#9790026)

The polynomials are an end result of thousands of complex calculations. For more details, see http://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/42-196/196C.pdf . Many effects, including general relativity and the gravitational perturbations of the planets and several hundred asteroids, were included.

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Re:Pluto-bound probe faces its toughest task: finding Pluto by tim333 on Saturday June 27, 2015 @06:40AM (#9789755)

I hadn't heard of that. Just looked it up. I see you can go to http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi and set the object to Pluto to see where it is which is kinda cool.

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Re:Pluto-bound probe faces its toughest task: finding Pluto by wfunction on Saturday June 27, 2015 @04:54PM (#9791502)

> 1TB of polynoms

Just to make sure I'm understanding this, are you saying there is 1 TERABYTE of data just representing a POLYNOMIAL equation?!

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