Scenario

A student (or group of students working collaboratively) wants the Cassini spacecraft to observe the surface characteristics of the Titan moon as the spacecraft flies by.

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Graphical Specification Editor

The student(s) specify this observation using Edu-Amphion's graphical specification editor.

A simplified version of the resultant specification.

How to create a specification

For an example of how a specification is created, click
Generating an animation of how Jupiter appears from earth at different times.

Java Graphical Specification Editor

How to use Java Graphical Specification Editor.

1. Click button to get the prototype of Java graphical specification editor.

The Java applet is not available at this time.

2. Put your user name. (If you are a new user, give us your e-mail address. Generated FORTRAN code will be sent to your e-mail address.)

3. Root window will be appear on your screen.

4. Select "File"

5. Select "Open"

6. "Library Contents" dialog box will be appear on your screen.

7. Select a specification.

8. Click "OK"

9. Specification will appear on new window

10. Change screen size.

How to add node

1. Select "Graph" and "Add Node..."

2. "Add interaction" dialog box will be appear on your screen.

3. Follow the choices.

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Animation

After using Edu-Amphion to generate a program for this observation, the student(s) request an animation.
Five animations are available in both mpeg movie and Java applet.

• Saturn as seen from Cassini
• Saturn, Titan and Cassini as seen above Saturn
• Saturn ans Titan as seen from Cassini
• Earth and Moon as seen from Sun
• Earth as seen from Sun

Last modified: Aug. 22, 2008 by Allen Dutra.