An app demo showing asteroid orbits using NASA MPC database.
Features basic 2D rendering as well as parsing of MPC datafile
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- Add ephemeris data to show actual position of the asteroid on its orbit with respect to current time.
- Add 3D view using WebGL.
The project is in "works on my Macbook" state of maturity, report any bugs on Github, or better fork and modify on your own.
- To run and test
- Install dependencies using
pip install -r requirements.txt - run migrations using
python manage.py migratecommand - populate the local db using
python manage.py process_mpc_filecommand - run locally via
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
- Install dependencies using
- Start the server with
docker compose up -d - Populate the database with
docker compose exec app make setup(this may take some time) - Open your browser to
localhost:8000
If you modify the dependencies (requirements.txt), you'll want to rebuild the image with
docker compose up --build -d