Code review comment for lp:~georg-zotti/stellarium/gz_fix-ecliptic-obliquity

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gzotti (georg-zotti) wrote :

> > Revision 7613: same problem as in revision 7610 - the planetocentric
> distance
> > shows info not for the selected planet, what will be confused users.
>
> Oh yes, it does. It should display how many km observer is located away from
> his planet's center.
>
> But ... argh - something is wrong for off-earth sites. Must fix that, sure.
> (Last-minute thing I wanted to put in here, only tested for Earth. *-(

OK, fixed that in r7617.

This value may actually only be useful while testing. Again, it does not give distance to observed object, but to the center of the planet you are standing on. (Needed for topocentric correction, which used purely-spherical planets until now.)

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