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Old 27-April-2008, 03:30 AM
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Ray, the latitude in the graph is relative to the solar equator, rather than the ecliptic, so it is correct for your purposes.

The NASA JPL Horizons Online Ephemeris has an option to output solar body centred ephemerides in solar body coordinates (longitude from ascending ecliptic node, equatorial latitude), making it quite easy to generate a time series for any planet or the SSB suitable for your purposes.

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Last edited by Carl_Smith; 27-April-2008 at 03:41 AM.. Reason: Clarification of coordinate system.