Barycenter not included in URL Path
Real-time 3D visualization of space
Status: Beta
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Symptom:
After recording the URL of a planet that orbits a Barycenter, the planet is not Selected or Followed when the URL is selected. As a result, the planet flys off screen instead of staying centered.
Problem:
The planet's full path is not included in the URL. If a planet is orbiting a Barycenter, the Barycenter's name is not included.
When I manually add the Barycenter to the URL, then it works.
An Addon demonstrating this problem is at
http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/files/barycenterurlfails.zip (3KB)
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I committed a fix for this bug, but I don't think that the description is quite correct. It's true that planets orbiting barycenters did not get assigned a correct URL, but neither did any object directly orbiting a star. However, moons (which orbit a planet that in turn orbits a star) were just fine. My fix should make cel URLs work correctly for any solar system body or location.