Using __repr__ or __str__ for own printable class?

Andrew Dalke adalke at mindspring.com
Mon Apr 14 21:09:54 EDT 2003


Erik Max Francis:
> >>> info(stationaryEarthOrbit, highTritonOrbit)
> Source: stationary orbit around `Earth'
> Destination: medium orbit around `Triton'
 ...
>  Transfer: Hohmann from `Earth' to `Neptune'
>   Duration: 965260524.876 s
>   Burns: 11651.5022539, 4053.91436026 m/s

You wouldn't really do a Hohmann orbit all the way
out to Neptune, would you?  Aren't there any
gravitational assists that could help out?  After all,
it took Voyager 2 only 12 years or so to get there,
not 30, though the planets were well aligned at
the time.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com







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