ORBITER Credits & Contributions

Last updated 13 August 2016.

Special thanks:
Doug, Josh, Gary, Orb and the entire Orbiter Forum team for keeping things running
smoothly, and in particular Josh for providing and maintaining the server for the forum and
Orbiter downloads.

Jarmo for pushing the envelope with the D3D9 client, and helping debug Orbiter and the
graphics interface.

All beta testers and bug reporters for their help in getting the new version into shape.

All Orbiter users for their continued support. Keep playing!

Data sources planetary textures

Mercury
Mosaics created using MESSENGER orbital images released by NASA's Planetary Data
System (PDS) on September 7, 2012.
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of
Washington
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/mosaics.html

Mercury surface labels

USGS
Astrogeology Research Program
Planetary Geomatics Group
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

Venus surface
Composite of Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Multimission Image Processing Laboratory
Solar System Visualization Project and Magellan science team
p45187.tif ( 5120x2560)

Venus clouds
Björn Jónsson
http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj

Earth land surface

Custom processed from Landsat 7 ETM orthorectified imagery.

Florida:
Digital Orthoimage Quarter Quads,
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Land Boundary Information System (www.labins.org)
Download: ftp://146.201.97.137/DOQQ/2004/RGB/UTM/MrSid

Earth water surface

Based on NASA Visible Earth Blue Marble maps
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Earth night lights

Custom processed, based on NASA Visible Earth Blue Marble maps
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Earth clouds
NASA Visible Earth Blue Marble maps
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Earth elevation
SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data by NASA, released by USGS
CGIAR-CSI version 4 Processed for void removal by International Centre for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)

Moon surface
LRO LROC-WAC Global Mosaic 100m June2013
Arizona State University
Astrogeology Science Center

Moon elevation
LOLA-GDR/Cylindrical
http://imbrium.mit.edu/DATA/LOLA_GDR/CYLINDRICAL/IMG/

Mars surface
Custom processed, based on
NASA MGS/MOC. 256 ppd/230m
Mars Odyssey THEMIS-IR Day Global Mosaic 100m v12
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/Odyssey/THEMIS-IR-Mosaic-
ASU/Mars_MO_THEMIS-IR-Day_mosaic_global_100m_v12
Viking MDIM2.1 Colorized Global Mosaic 232m
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/details/Mars/Viking/MDIM21/Mars_Viking_MDIM21_ClrM
osaic_global_232m/cub

Mars elevation
MOLA Mars elevation data at 128 pixels per degree
http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mgs/mgs-m-mola-5-megdr-l3-v1/mgsl_300x/meg128/

Mars surface labels

USGS
Astrogeology Research Program
Planetary Geomatics Group
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

Vesta surface
Dawn FC HAMO Global Mosaic 60mp
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/details/Vesta/Dawn/DLR/HAMO/Vesta_Dawn_FC_HAM
O_Mosaic_Global_74ppd/cub

Vesta elevation
Dawn HAMO DTM Global 93mp
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/details/Vesta/Dawn/DLR/HAMO/Vesta_Dawn_HAMO_D
TM_DLR_Global_48ppd/cub

Jupiter
“Cassini's best map of Jupiter”
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
http://www.ciclops.org/view/1270/Cassinis-Best-Maps-of-Jupiter
Rolf Keibel: Jupiter cloud map based on CICLOPS maps

Io Surface
Based on:
Io Galileo SSI/Voyager Color Merged Global Mosaic 1km
Astrogeology Science Center
USGS
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Io/Voyager-Galileo/Io_GalileoSSI-
Voyager_Global_Mosaic_ClrMerge_1km

Io Elevation
Based on:
Oliver L. White, Paul M. Schenk, Francis Nimmo, Trudi Hoogenboom,
"A new stereo topographic map of Io: Implications for geology from global to
local scales", Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119(6), 1276-1301
(2014), doi: 10.1002/2013JE004591
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013JE004591/abstract

Europa:
Based on:
Europa Voyager and Galileo SSI Global Mosaic 500m
Astrogeology Science Center
USGS
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Europa/Voyager-
Galileo/Europa_Voyager_GalileoSSI_global_mosaic_500m

Ganymede
Ganymede Voyager and Galileo Color Global Mosaic 1.4km
Astrogeology Science Center
USGS
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Ganymede/Voyager-
Galileo/Ganymede_Voyager_GalileoSSI_Global_ClrMosaic_1435m
Callisto
Callisto Galileo/Voyager Global Mosaic 1km
Astrogeology Science Center
USGS
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Callisto/Voyager-
Galileo/Callisto_Voyager_GalileoSSI_global_mosaic_1km

Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto surface labels

USGS
Astrogeology Research Program
Planetary Geomatics Group
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

Saturn
Björn Jónsson
http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj
Rolf Keibel: texture adaptation

Saturn rings
Björn Jónsson
http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj

Mimas
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Lunar and Planetary Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 18437
http://www.ciclops.org/view/7963/Color-Maps-of-Mimas---November-2014

Enceladus
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Lunar and Planetary Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 18435
http://www.ciclops.org/view/7961/Color-Maps-of-Enceladus---November-2014

Tethys
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Lunar and Planetary Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 18439
http://www.ciclops.org/view/7965/Color-Maps-of-Tethys---November-2014

Dione
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Lunar and Planetary Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 18434
http://www.ciclops.org/view/7960/Color-maps-of-Dione---November-2014

Rhea
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Lunar and Planetary Institute
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18438

Titan
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 19658
http://www.ciclops.org/view/8212/Map-of-Titan---June-2015

Iapetus
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Lunar and Planetary Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 18436
http://www.ciclops.org/view/7962/Color-Maps-of-Iapetus---November-2014

Phoebe
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations
PIA 07775
http://www.ciclops.org/view/1743/Map-of-Phoebe---December-2005

Uranus
James Hastings-Trew
http://apollo.spaceports.com/~jhasting/
Rolf Keibel: texture adaptation

Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon

Robert Stettner
Credits: Planetary Satellite Mean Orbital Parameters and Moon Maps

Neptune
James Hastings-Trew
http://apollo.spaceports.com/~jhasting/

Triton, Proteus, Nereid

Robert Stettner
Credits: Planetary Satellite Mean Orbital Parameters and Moon Maps
Rolf Keibel: Triton texture adaptation from Voyager images

Celestial sphere background images

DDS2 (visible), Hydrogen alpha, IRAS (far IR), Planck (Microwave, Source: ESA/Planck),
Radio, RASS (X-ray), Fermi (Gamma)
Chromoscope http://www.chromoscope.net/
Stuart Lowe, Chris North (Cardiff University) and Robert Simpson (Oxford University)

WMAP Microwave images

WMAP Science Team
WMAP “Science on a sphere” microwave sky images
NASA/LAMBDA
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/current/sos/
Spacecraft and structure models and textures

DeltaGlider and DG-S mesh and virtual cockpit

Roger “Frying Tiger” Long

Space Shuttle Atlantis

Michael Grosberg: meshes and textures
Don Gallagher: mesh and texture extensions
Robert Conley (“estar”): Module extensions: Movable arm and grappling, including MMU and
Satellite extensions; documentation
David Hopkins: Module code extensions
Damir Gulesich: Space Shuttle External Tank and Solid Rocket Booster mesh and textures.

LDEF mesh and textures

Don Gallagher

ISS model “Project Alpha”

Andrew Farnaby

Mir model
Jason Benson (“agent036”)

Dragonfly model
Roger “Frying Tiger” Long: Mesh improvements and textures
Radu Poenaru: Electrical and environmental simulation, Dragonfly panels

Shuttle-A model
Roger “Frying Tiger” Long: Shuttle-A mesh
Radu Poenaru: Virtual cockpit and cargo management

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) model

David Sundstrom

KSC VAB mesh

Valerio Oss

PTV (Personal transport vehicle) mesh

Balázs Patyi
[email protected]

Default exhaust texture, cloud microtextures

“McWgogs”
http://mcwgogs.deviantart.com/
Code, data and algorithms

VSOP87
Planetary perturbation terms for Mercury to Neptune
Bureau des Longitudes, CNRS URA 707
P. Bretagnon [email protected]
G. Francou [email protected]

Lunar Solution ELP 2000-82B

Semi-analytical lunar ephemerides
Bureau des Longitudes, CNRS URA 707
75014, Paris, France
M. Chapront-Touze, J. Chapront
Astron. Astrophys. 124, 50 (1983)
Astron. Astrophys. 190, 342 (1988)

Earth precession parameters

IAU SOFA C Library
http://www.iausofa.org/

Planetary precession parameters

IAU/IAG Working Group
Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements
2006, http://www.springerlink.com/content/e637756732j60270/

Phobos and Deimos ephemeris modules

Carl Romanik (“Chode”)
Code based on: Sinclair, Astron. Astrophys. 220, 321 (1989)
“Testing against Horizons shows agreement within 20km for Phobos, 50km for Deimos for
2000-2024.”

Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon ephemeris modules

Carl Romanik (“Chode”)
Code based on: Laskar and Jacobson, Astron. Astrophys. 188, 212 (1987)
“According to the Horizons documentation, this is the same theory they use for Uranus, and
the agreement of the DLLs with Horizons looks to be within about 50km.”

Triton ephemeris module

Carl Romanik (“Chode”)
Code based on: Jacobson et al., Astron. Astrophys. 247, 565 (1991)
“This also appears to be what Horizons use, and the DLL agrees within about 1000km.”

TransX MFD mode

Duncan Sharpe: TransX MFD mode module
Steve Arch: TransX development http://orbiter.quorg.org

Zlib
Compression/decompression library
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
Jean-loup Gailly [email protected]
Mark Adler [email protected]