Solex

SOLEX

SOLEX interface
Developer(s)	Aldo Vitagliano
Initial release	2003
Stable release	12.1[1] / November 30, 2019 (4 years ago) (2019-11-30)
Written in	BASIC
Operating system	Windows
Platform	PC
Size	78.7 MB
License	Free-software license

SOLEX is a free computer application that calculates and displays the positions and dynamics of bodies that are part of the Solar System. It was developed by Aldo Vitagliano, a professor of inorganic chemistry at the Federico II University of Naples.

SOLEX can generate ephemeris of Solar System objects, including planets and asteroids. It is capable of predicting their positions several millennia into the past and future, maintaining an accuracy equal to the JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System and the US Navy's Astronomical Almanac.^[2] The software is bundled with the EXORB program that can determine the orbits of asteroids, comets and satellites, based on observation data as provided by the Minor Planet Center or NEODyS.^[3] The program can be used for asteroid impact prediction.^[2]

Predicted path of the occultation of Betelgeuse by the asteroid (319) Leona on 12 December 2023, using the SOLEX software

Programming

The program is written in BASIC for the PowerBASIC Console Compiler 3.0.^[4]

See also

• Orbit determination
• Planetarium software

References

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