Hi Jari,

Guide's data for planet rotations comes from 'cospar.txt'. (COSPAR
= Committee On Space Research, which decides on the "official"
parameters for planet/satellite rotation systems.) The only thing
I can think of is that your 'cospar.txt' file has been damaged or
is missing. Try downloading this to your Guide folder:

http://www.projectpluto.com/cospar.txt

Also: is the moon rotating to keep one side to the earth, or
at some odd rate, or staying fixed relative to the stars, or... ?
(Similarly for other objects?)

-- Bill

jarisuomela wrote:

> Thanks, Larry!
>
> Investigating furter I see that this oddity also applies to the Sun and planets. Uranus may be an exception, it being in an odd attitude to begin with, but I can't tell the difference.
>
> I, too, can't think of a reason. But I'm pretty sure I'm not the cause because I've not tried to do anything "creative" with Guide lately. Just normal use.
>
> Here's a screen cap: http://clayhole.com/odd_g.jpg
>
> The phase looks correct but the topography definitely not.
>
> Guess I need to try a fix the obvious way - reinstall.
>
> J///
>
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> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Laren Dart <sandman@...> wrote:
>> Hi Jari,
>>
>> Looks okay here, I can't think of any way this could happen.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> At 08:53 AM 9/20/2012, you wrote
>>
>>> Hi Bill, all,
>>>
>>> Just noticed that the Moon is depicted in an odd attitude. I have
>>> Mare Serenitatis smack in the middle of the disk. Anybody else seeing this?
>>>
>>> And yes, I'm firmly set on Earth's surface.
>>>
>>> J//
>>
>> Laren Dart
>> http://ldart.got.net
>>
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