NovasMakeObject Method

public static short MakeObject(
	ObjectType Type,
	short Number,
	string Name,
	CatEntry3 StarData,
	ref Object3 CelObj
)

Public Shared Function MakeObject ( 
	Type As ObjectType,
	Number As Short,
	Name As String,
	StarData As CatEntry3,
	ByRef CelObj As Object3
) As Short

Parameters

Type  ObjectType

Type of object: 0 ... major planet, Sun, or Moon; 1 ... minor planet; 2 ... object located outside the solar system (e.g. star, galaxy, nebula, etc.)

Number  Int16

Body number: For 'Type' = 0: Mercury = 1,...,Pluto = 9, Sun = 10, Moon = 11; For 'Type' = 1: minor planet numberFor 'Type' = 2: set to 0 (zero)

Name  String

Name of the object (50 characters maximum).

StarData  CatEntry3

Structure containing basic astrometric data for any celestial object located outside the solar system; the catalog data for a star

CelObj  Object3

Structure containing the object definition

Return Value

            0 ... everything OK
            1 ... invalid value of 'Type'
            2 ... 'Number' out of range
            

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