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<h1>Hitchhiker 2000: Credits, References and Sources</h1>
<h2>Patch Contributors</h2>
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<li>Arturo Aldama
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<h2>Astronomical Data and Orbital Elements</h2>
Sources of data used in the creation of this program
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<li>The <a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html">Minor Planet Center</a>
<li><a href="ftp://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/adc/archives/catalogs/5/5050/">Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed.</a> (Hoffleit, Warren 1991)
<li>Constellation definition tables, <a href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/homeplanet.html">Home Planet</a>, (John Walker)
<li>"Universe Guide to Stare and Planets," (Ian Ridpath, Wil Tirion) 1985 Universe Books, NY
<li><a href="http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html">The Nine Planets</a>, (Bill Arnett)
<li><a href="http://www.info.waseda.ac.jp/muraoka/members/seiichi/comet/catalog/0095P/1996.html">95P/(2060) Chiron (1996)</a>, (Kenji Muraoka)
<li><a href="http://www.skypub.com/tips/basics/spectra.html">The Spectral Types of Stars</a>, (Alan MacRobert) Sky & Telescope
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
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<h2>Planetary Maps and Astronomical Image Resources</h2>
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<li>Milky Way, <a href="http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~axm/mwpan/mwpan_web.html">Creating a Milky Way Panorama on the Computer</a>, Axel Mellinger
<li>Moon, Mars, Pluto, <a href="http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/">Maps of the Solar System</a>, JPL/Caltech-NASA
<li>Mercury, Neptune, <a href="http://www.misterprint.com/planet/Planets.html">3D Rendering</a>
<li>Venus, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, <a href="http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj/">3D graphics, renderings, animations, planetary maps and data</a>
<li>Earth, Saturn, <a href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/postgrad/thomasc1/render/maps.htm">Planetary Maps Hub</a>
<li>Jupiter <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/jhasting/">Planetary Image Maps</a>
<li>The Sun, Uranus, Aaron Worley
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<h2>Programming References</h2>
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<li><a href="http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/comp/tutorial.html">Computing planetary positions</a>, (Paul Schlyter)
<li>"GTK+/Gnome Application Development," (Havoc Pennington) 1999 O'Reilly
<li><a href="http://www.gtk.org/">GTK+ Tutorial</a>
<li><a href="http://www.opengl.org">OpenGL.org</a>
<li>Example programs, <a href="http://www.mesa3d.org">Mesa3d.org</a>
<li>Data conversion scripts, <a href="http://www.clearskyinstitute.com">XEphem</a>, (Elwood Downey)
<li>Source code, <a href="http://www1.las.es/~amil/ssystem">Ssystem</a>, (Raul Alonso)
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<h2>Software Tools Used</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.mesa3d.org">Mesa</a>
<li><a href="http://glade.pn.org">Glade</a> UI Builder
<li><a href="http://www.student.oulu.fi/~jlof/gtkglarea/">Gtkglarea</a>
<li>Loki <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">Setup</a>
<li><a href="http://www.xemacs.org">XEmacs</a>
<li><a href="http://www.redhat.com">Red Hat Linux</a>
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<address><a href="mailto:aaronw@earthling.net">Aaron Worley</a></address>
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