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Vectors in Visual Python

SOrry if this message is a little confused, it most probably reflects
the state of the author!

I have made a small program that plots the orbit of a planet in visual
python using visual.vector for all values. If i run the program it is
clear that the orbit is non-keplerian as the planets gradually moves
away from the sun. I am pretty sure the orbit should be keplerian so i
guess there must be some source of error in the program.

I am using "from __future__ import division" and the initial conditions
I have are from NASA's horizons system, all values are accuracte to
more than 10 decimal places.

I was wondering if there was a way to specify the type of number used
by visual.vector, for example, when using an array it is possible to
specify the type as float64. If visual.vector was using a smaller
amount of memory to store the number could this be the source of the
error I am finding? If not what else could be the culprit?

I have used a 4th order RK method which I have previously produced
Keplerian orbits with.

I hope I have made some sense here and look forward to any input

Many Thanks

Ben

Jul 18 '05
10 2493
FLChamp wrote:
If anything was addressed to my problem then it has completely passed
me by as most points were clearly made by a computer scientist and I am
not one of those in the slightest. My experience of using any type of
programming language is limited to the little we are taught in my
non-computing subject and hence I have no idea what the below is all
about!! In future example code may be more useful to help newbies like
me :)


I think it has been addressed, by Art:

"""
My understanding:

is that VPython "vectors" are in effect flat 3 element Numeric arrays,
and Numeric ararys can be constructed with Float64 specified as the
datatype.
"""

It was embedded in some disgressing comments (he himself says so, btw.) so
you might have missed it.

--
Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch
Jul 18 '05 #11

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