Thank you very much, that explains it and will be very helpful Alan.

--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Alan Bartholet <alan.bartholet-at-gmail.com> wrote:

From: Alan Bartholet <alan.bartholet-at-gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nbos] Small Bodies in Astro2.
To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 2:22 PM

Thanks for the clarification on what "Small Bodies' actually are.  I
will need to change how my previous fix in the GURPS System Updater
handles them.  I have written a new standalone script that will update
the distance on small bodies to prevent the error in the Travel
Calculator.

It can be downloaded here
http://www.nbos.com/nox/index.php?action=1001&id=290

Best Regards,
   Alan Bartholet

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:29 PM, NBOS Support <support2-at-nbos.com> wrote:
>
> 'Small bodies' is really just a note that there are numerous small,
> unremarkable bodies in orbit (small chunks of rock).  Its not a single
> body with a single orbit, but rather debris found in orbit at various
> places.  So there's no orbital parameters per se, and they arent shown in
> the system diagram.  Think of it as the orbital equivalent of a 'look out
> for falling rocks' sign.
>
>
>> Is there a particular reason that small bodies are generated with all
>> orbital properties at zero?
>>
>> Is there a way to change this in the program or is my only hope a script
>> to do a lookup and change them, and if so, has anyone already written a
>> script to do such a thing?
>>
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