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0.047_02	2012-02-27	T. R. Wyant
  In Astro::Coord::ECI:
  * Have next_azimuth(), next_elevation(), and next_meridian() make use
    of the 'station' attribute if the invocant is the only
    Astro::Coord::ECI argument.
  Have Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->parse() take, as an optional first
    argument, a reference to a hash that is used to initialize
    attributes not initialized by parsing the TLE data.
  Convert all eg/ scripts to use the 'station' attribute where possible,
    and the optional Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->parse() hash argument where
    practical.

0.047_01	2012-02-26	T. R. Wyant
  In Astro::Coord::ECI:
  * Add 'station' attribute, as origin of observer-centered coordinate
    systems. If azel() is called with the invocant as the only
    Astro::Coord::ECI argument, it returns the coordinates of the
    invocant relative to the 'station' attribute.
  * Factor out the Cartesian portion of the azel() method, and add
    methods neu() and enu(), to provide local Cartesian coordinates
    relative to the 'station' attribute.
  * Add method equatorial_apparent(), to calculate apparent equatorial
    coordinates as seen from the location in the 'station' attribute.
  * Work on velocity transformations from eci() to ecef(), neu(), enu(),
    azel(), and equatorial(). All these seem sane to me, though I still
    have no worked examples to test against.
  I intend the use of the 'station' attribute to be the preferred way to
  get observer-relative coordinates. I would like to eventually
  deprecate $station->azel( $body ) and friends, as well as the practice
  of passing an explicit station to the pass() and flare() methods, but
  whether this actually happens is another question.

0.047		2012-01-20	T. R. Wyant
  Have the functionality related to the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE
    'pass_threshold' attribute (introduced in 0.046) take visibility
    into account if the 'visible' attribute is true.

0.046		2012-01-18	T. R. Wyant
  Add Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE attribute 'pass_threshold'. If set to
    something (in radians) other than undef, the sattelite's highest
    point during a pass must be at least this high for the pass to be
    reported.
  Support the 'pass_threshold' setting in the satpass script.
  Optional code that used to feel around for a YAML implementation now
    just uses YAML::Any.
  The utility subroutines deg2rad() and rad2deg() now support an
    argument of undef which, unsurprisingly, returns undef.
  The Changes file now conforms to Test::CPAN::Changes, and the author
    test xt/author/changes.t has been added to keep it so.

0.045		2011-12-05	T. R. Wyant
  Have the satpass script's geocode command favor
    Geo::Coder::Geocoder::US. Deprecate the use of SOAP::Lite.
  Have the satpass script set the height to 0 if the position was set by
    the geocode command, but height() failed.
  Update the copy of the GNU GPL in LICENSES/Copying to have the current
    FSF address.
  Document the release of Astro-App-Satpass2, and the eventual
    deprecation of the satpass script.
  Try to clarify how the atmospheric refraction calculation works.

0.044		2011-10-19	T. R. Wyant
  Require Test::More 0.88 for testing. The requirement was actually
    introduced in version 0.042. Thanks to Christopher Kybe for
    picking up this discrepancy.
  The satpass script's 'status iridium' command now generates a
    deprecation notice every time it is issued.

0.043		2011-08-29	T. R. Wyant
  The earthquake (Mineral Virginia USA) fire (Great Dismal Swamp) and
    flood (hurricane Irene) edition.
  Updated the canned Iridium status in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE for
    McCants' and Sladen's reporting of Iridium 26 (OID 24903) as out of
    service. They also updated Iridium 23 (OID 24906) to show it in
    service rather than failed, but I have continued to follow Kelso in
    calling it a spare.
  Other than this, only documentation changes, mostly relating to the
    deprecation of the 'limb' attribute and its relation to the new
    'edge_of_earths_shadow' attribute.

0.042_02	2011-08-18	T. R. Wyant
  In the satpass script, use the new 'edge_of_earths_shadow' setting in
    the 'flare' and 'position' commands, though the flare calculation
    does not actually make use of it.

0.042_01	2011-08-16	T. R. Wyant
  Replace the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 'limb' attribute and the satpass
    'lit' setting with the 'edge_of_earth_shadow' attribute and setting.
    The new attribute and setting are numeric, and specify an increase
    in elevation (or decrease if negative) in units of the apparent
    radius of the body. The replaced attribute and setting still exist,
    but are deprecated, and will begin warning in the first release
    after March 1 2012. This setting/attribute is used by the pass
    calculation.
  Provide an Astro::Coord::ECI azel_offset() method, which takes, as its
    optional second argument, an offset applied to the elevation, in
    terms of the apparent radius of the body whose position is being
    calculated. The two-argument version of the azel() method is now
    deprecated, and will begin warning in the first release after March
    1 2012.
  Override the Astro::Coord::ECI correct_for_refraction() method in
    Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE, Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon, and
    Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun. The override simply returns the input
    elevation unmodified.

0.042		2011-08-07	T. R. Wyant
  In the Astro::Coord::ECI maidenhead() method:
  * Document the fact that, when used as a mutator, it sets the position
    of the center of the square;
  * Modify the accessor to try to minimize truncation error.
  Added t/eci_maidenhead.t.

0.041		2011-07-25	T. R. Wyant
  Re-fix longitude out-of-range warning in Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon.
  Fix problem with time specification in eg/sh_script when Date::Manip
    is not installed.

0.040_01	2011-07-11	T. R. Wyant
  Add attribute 'pass_variant' to Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE. This tweaks
    the output of the pass() method, and can be set to the bitwise 'or'
    (a.k.a. '|') of the following exported values:
    * PASS_VARIANT_NONE - No tweaks.
    * PASS_VARIANT_VISIBLE_EVENTS - Remove from the output all pass
      events which were not visible. Ignored if the 'visible' attribute
      is false.
    * PASS_VARIANT_FAKE_MAX - Create a 'max' event representing the
      largest visible elevation if the absolute max was filtered out by
      PASS_VARIANT_VISIBLE_EVENTS.
    * PASS_VARIANT_START_END - Report the first and last pass events as
      PASS_EVENT_START and PASS_EVENT_END. These are the same as
      PASS_EVENT_RISE and PASS_EVENT_SET unless the 'visible' attribute
      is true and PASS_VARIANT_VISIBLE_EVENTS is asserted.
  Minor optimization to the pass() method: the changes of 0.039_01
    through 0.039_05 left the appulse calculation before the point at
    which provisional passes were accepted or rejected. This has been
    moved below that point.
  New example script, eg/xml that makes use of the 'pass_variant'
    attribute, and generates XML from pass data using XML::Writer.

0.040		2011-07-06	T. R. Wyant
  No code changes since 0.039_05.
  Tried to make the documentation of the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE
    lazy_pass_position clearer.
  Unconditionally set lazy_pass_position in the satpass script, since it
    recomputes position anyway.
  Added a few words to the OVERVIEW about how to get results more like
    those of the Heavens Above web site.

0.039_05	2011-06-22	T. R. Wyant
  Fix yet more problems in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass():
  * Do not report passes which ended before the prediction interval
    started.
  * Rework the implementation of the 'interval' attribute to be
    (hopefully!) more efficient, and to fix incorrectly-reported
    illuminations.
  * Fix a regression in the code that calculates the maximum altitude of
    the satellite. The regression was introduced in 0.039_03.
  * Fix incorrect rise (and sometimes max) times when the pass is in
    progress when the prediction interval starts and the 'visible'
    attribute is false.  The previous fix only worked if the 'visible'
    attribute was true.
  Add Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE attribute 'lazy_pass_position', to give the
    pass() method permission not to calculate and report event position
    if the event's time can be calculated without calculating position.
  The satpass script's 'verbose' setting now works as advertised.

0.039_04	2011-06-10	T. R. Wyant
  Re-fix the time-zone-dependant test failures in t/tle_flare.t.

0.039_03	2011-06-08	T. R. Wyant
  Fix more problems in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass():
  * Fix detection and calculation of events of visible passes which
    begin during the day, or any pass in progress at the beginning of
    the computation interval.
  * Detect passes that end shortly before the end of the computation
    interval. This was a bug introduced in 0.039_01 or later.
  Have Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->parse() throw a warning if it can not
    understand the --effective date, and record the effective date as
    undef. Also allow --effective dates without a fractional part of the
    second.
  Add more tests to try to capture all these changes.

0.039_02	2011-05-18	T. R. Wyant
  Fix various problems in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass(), also brought
    to my attention by Jaap Meijers:
    * Incorrect time of maximum elevation when only one of the original
      one-minute samples is above the horizon.
    * Sporadic detection of passes which spend less than a minute above
      the horizon.
    * Potentially, sporadic detection of passes which spend less than a
      minute illuminated before daylight occurs. I have no examples of
      this, though.
  Add tests for Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass(). More are needed.

0.039_01	2011-05-09	T. R. Wyant
  Make the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE pass() method more lenient when
    screening for passes in which the satellite is illuminated. Thanks
    to Jaap Meijers for bringing this to my attention.

0.039		2011-04-29	T. R. Wyant
  Silence warnings about out-of-range longitude which are sometimes
    generated when computing the position of the Moon.

0.038_01	2011-04-21	T. R. Wyant
  Added -dump-headers command line option to eg/passes.

0.038		2011-04-14	T. R. Wyant
  Updated code that uses the optional Astro::SpaceTrack module to
    require version 0.052 wherever the Space Track web site is (or may
    be) accessed.
  Removed calls to _INSTANCE in little-used code in bin/satpass. It must
    be little-used, since it hasn't been imported from Params::Util
    since version 0.033 dated 17-Sep-2010.
  Fix to zone attribute code in bin/satpass, so that it can be cleared
    once set.

0.037		2011-04-04	T. R. Wyant
  Added a zone attribute to Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium, so that it
    could properly distinguish between -am and -pm flares somewhere
    other than in the local zone. Thanks to CPAN Testers for finding
    this consequence of publishing a t/iridium.t that everyone can run.

0.036		2011-04-02	T. R. Wyant
  t/iridium.t no longer requires any extra data for its execution.
  The satpass 'status iridium' command, which has been deprecated for
    quite a while, now issues a warning the first time it is issued. See
    the satpass documentation for the the schedule for its removal.
  Document Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium max_mirror_angle attribute.
  Correct export tag documentation in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE (from
    ':constant' to ':constants').

0.035_01	2011-03-18	T. R. Wyant
  Correct the attribute() method on Astro::Coord::ECI,
    Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE, and Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium.
    Formerly it was returning false for some extant attributes.

0.035		2011-03-03	T. R. Wyant
  Removed the rightascension attribute in favor of the ascendingnode
    attribute. This is the last step in its deprecation.
  Update the canned Iridium statuses in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE for the
    taking-out-of-service of Iridium 23. Following Kelso, I have marked
    it spare, rather than failed.

0.034		2010-12-06	T. R. Wyant
  Make code for Astro::Coord::ECI zero-argument ecliptic() less cute
    also, to try to forestall problems.
  Update canned Iridium statuses in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE, to cover the
    replacement of Iridium 23 (24906) with Iridium 11 (25578) about
    November 3 2010.
  Update and re-enable xt/author/iridium_status.t.

0.033_01	2010-12-02	T. R. Wyant
  Try to avoid panic in Astro::Coord::ECI zero-argument geocentric()
    under at least one version by using less-cute code to compute the
    value. The problem could be reproduced using OID 25591 epoch
    30-Nov-2009 05:49:13 (which was over a year old at the time of
    testing).
  This release has known failures in xt/author/iridium_status.t.

0.033		2010-09-17	T. R. Wyant
  Fix glitch in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium flare() where the
    maximum magnitude logic was being called when a flare was not
    possible.
  Add t/sgp4-ver.tle to the distribution, instead of asking people to
    download it. Thanks to Dr. T. S. Kelso.
  Add attribute rcs (radar cross-section) to Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE.
    That class' parse() method will populate the rcs attribute if it
    finds --rcs number on the name line of a NASA-format TLE.
  Require version 5.64 of Exporter, so I don't have to juggle export
    tags for the benefit of early Perls.
  Drop dependency on Params::Util.
  Move author tests from xt/ to xt/author/.
  Make sure POD links specify test.
  Make minimum Perl version 5.6.2, since that is the lowest version I
    have a prayer of supporting.

0.032		2010-07-03	T. R. Wyant
  Have Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE complain every time the rightascension
    attribute is accessed. This is being deprecated in favor of the
    ascendingnode attribute. Elimination is scheduled for the first
    release in 2011.
  Consolidate prerequisites into inc/Astro/Coord/ECI/Meta.pm.
  Don't require Module::Build for configuration when building a
    distribution. This is controlled by environment variable
    MAKING_MODULE_DISTRIBUTION.
  Document that Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium will probably not work
    for Iridium Next satellites, to be launched starting about 2015.
  Move acknowledgment of Goran Gasparovic from bin/satpass to
    lib/Astro/Coord/ECI.pm, since that's where the code is and where the
    acknowledgment should have been all along, and so it does not get
    lost when bin/satpass is superseded by App::Satpass2.
  Fix fatal error in satpass when tilde-expanding a non-existent user
    name. It's still an error, just not fatal.
  Tweak the documentation of Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->is_valid_model(),
    to make it clearer why it was provided, and make it obvious that it
    can be called as a static method.
  Fix bug in precession of equatorial coordinates, which would cause an
    error if no observing station was passed to the subroutine.
  Add Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE method body_type(), which computes the type
    of the body from the common name using an algorithm similar to the
    one documented on Space Track's Satellite Box Score page.
  Weaken recommendation of Time::y2038 when run under Perl 5.12 and
    above, since I really don't think it's needed.

0.031		2010-05-06	T. R. Wyant
  Add the maidenhead() method to Astro::Coord::ECI, to get or set
    geodetic position in the Maidenhead Locator System.
  Update install instructions in README to include cpan, cpanp, or ppi
    as appropriate.
  Add example script eg/passes to download TLEs and predict passes in
    one fell swoop.
  Change the output in the Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun example to UT, and add
    a note why. Thanks to Richard Hardwick for raising this issue.

0.030		2010-02-26	T. R. Wyant
  Update copyright in README to 2010.

0.029_03	2010-02-12	T. R. Wyant
  Consolidate all optional module logic, to eliminate duplicate code
    between Makefile.PL and Build.PL, and so the messages all have the
    same 'look and feel.' Dropped XML::Parser from the list, since it
    is no longer used directly by any supported code.
  Add the Heavens Above web site to Astro::Coord::ECI's 'SEE ALSO'.
  Have the satpass script look in $ENV{USERPROFILE} for the
    initialization file, in addition to all the other possibilities.

0.029_02	2010-02-09	T. R. Wyant
  Use explicit tolerances for fractional results in the Julian date
    conversion tests in t/basic.t. This is for Strawberry Perl under
    ReactOS 0.3.11, which seems to have a case of the .999999s.

0.029_01	2010-02-07	T. R. Wyant
  Trap possible exception from gmtime when generating the sgp4r
    'mean eccentricity < 0 or >= 1' error in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE.

0.029		2010-02-04	T. R. Wyant
  No changes since 0.028_01, but with CPAN testers being green bird, I
    thought a production release in order.

0.028_01	2010-02-02	T. R. Wyant
  Date::Manip and Time::y2038 are no longer 'recommended' but 'optional'.
    This means not telling the tool chain about them, but doing custom
    checks, and custom, gentler messages about why you might (or might
    not!) want these modules.
  Centralize the decision about what time routines to use in
    Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils, and have it export to the other modules,
    the tests, the 'satpass' script, and the example scripts.
  Rewrite t/parse_date.t so that it no longer needs Time::y2038.
    Instead, it uses precomputed times, which it offsets for the target
    system's epoch when it runs.
  The above was done in an attempt to clarify the role of the optional
    modules, and cases where they might not be desirable. Thanks to
    Christopher Sylvain for identifying the problems and working with me
    on their solution.
  Rewrite the time portions Astro::Coord::ECI::OVERVIEW to better
    reflect the current state of the time handling. Plus, retitle it so
    that hopefully it will actually appear in the distribution.

0.028		2010-01-11	T. R. Wyant
  Fix bug introduced in 0.027, in which the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE
    pass() method failed to include the {appulse} data when an appulse
    was found.

0.027		2010-01-08	T. R. Wyant
  Correct (I hope!) the computation of illumination changes in the
    Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE pass() method. The original could miss them
    in the first or last minute of the pass.

0.026_03	2010-01-02	T. R. Wyant
  Add exportable constants SPEED_OF_LIGHT (in kilometers per second) and
    SECS_PER_SIDERIAL_DAY to Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils.
  Add attribute frequency (in Hertz) to Astro::Coord::ECI.
  Have the Astro::Coord::ECI->azel() method return Doppler shift as the
    seventh element of the returned array if velocities are available
    AND the frequency attribute is set.
  Attempt to correct the transverse velocities calculated by
    Astro::Coord::ECI->azel() for the rotation of the coordinate system.
    I am not convinced the corrections (or indeed the transverse
    velocities themselves) are correct.
  The first time the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE rightascension attribute is
    used in a given script, issue a warning that it is deprecated.
  Update copyrights to 2010.

0.026_02	2009-12-14	T. R. Wyant
  The Astro::Coord::ECI azel() method now returns velocities if
    these are available. The transverse velocities (azimuthal and
    elevational) are NOT corrected for the Coriolis effect.
  Added Astro::Nova to the Astro::Coord::ECI 'SEE ALSO' section.
  Date::Manip is no longer required. If it is not available, the
    'satpass' script will use a home-grown pseudo-ISO-8601 parser
    instead. The t/parse_time.t test was added to make sure this works
    as advertized.
  Have 'authortest' run the normal tests without any of the optional
    modules. This requires either Test::Without::Module or Devel::Hide.
    If neither is available, 'authortest' will not attempt these tests.
  Remove the last vestiges of the $ENV{DEVELOPER_TEST} machinery.
  Rewrote xt/manifest.t to use Test::More.

0.026_01	2009-11-28	T. R. Wyant
  All modules' versions set to 0.026_01. In the future all modules in
    a given release will have the same version number.
  Convert all modules to the CPAN-recommended license.
  Author tests no longer rely on environment variable DEVELOPER_TEST.
    Instead, they are executed by ./Build authortest. This means author
    tests are no longer available via the ExtUtils::MakeMaker build.
  Astro::Coord::ECI
    Modify correct_for_refraction() to work down to (and a bit below)
      the horizon setting if that is negative. Thanks to Vidar Tyldum
      Hansen of Kongsberg Satellite Services AS for identifying the
      need for this, and working with me on it.
  satpass
    Add the 'refraction' parameter, to allow the user to turn off
      atmospheric refraction (it is on by default).
  
0.026		2009-10-02	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.026
    Default the {inertial} attribute appropriately.
    Add the next_azimuth() method to compute when a body passes the
      given azimuth. Thanks to Lixus Zoran for suggesting this on the
      geo-perl mailing list.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon 0.007
    Default the {inertial} attribute appropriately.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun 0.010
    Default the {inertial} attribute appropriately.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.020
    Default the {inertial} attribute appropriately.
    Deprecate the {rightascension} attribute in favor of the
      {ascendingnode} attribute. See the POD for the
      deprecation plan.

0.025		2009-09-07	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.035
    Correct documentation of matrix math in azel() method.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.019
    Add and document validate() method.
    Make max_effective_date() ignore undef arguments.
    More verbose message for bad eccentricity in sgp4r.
    Correct description of synopsis to match what it actually does.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set 0.008
    Add and document validate() method.
  bin/satpass 0.024
    Add validate command.
  Build.PL
    Remove need for Module::Build for configuration, since I also
      supply Makefile.PL.

0.024		2009-08-18	T. R. Wyant
  General
    Require Test::More 0.40 for testing.
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.024
    Increment version. No other changes.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.018
    Add methods semiminor(), apoapsis(), apogee(), periapsis(), and
      perigee.
    Add 'effective' attribute, with logic in the parse() method to
      parse Astro::SpaceTrack --effective date out of line 0 of the
      TLE. Thanks to Thomas Wehr for reporting the problem this
      addresses, and T. S. Kelso for explaining what was needed to
      fix it.
    Add method max_effective_date() to figure out what date to use,
      since things are becoming rather complicated.
    Add method tle_verbose() to centralize the verbose output of TLE.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set 0.007
    Add method max_effective_date() to do the right thing when there
      is more than one TLE to consider.

0.023		2009-03-09	T. R. Wyant
  General
    Test t/tle_exception.t is no longer a developer test, but it will be
      skipped unless the user has Time::y2038.
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.023
    Add method equatorial_unreduced(), for those who are only interested
      in range and velocity.
    Attempt to straighten out velocities when transforming among ECEF,
      ECI, and equatorial. No tests yet, though, so I have no idea if
      it is right. Note that as a consequence of this change it is
      possible to have an object without a velocity, since inertial
      objects no longer default to 0 velocity.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.017
    Set Iridium 91 in service in canned status, reflecting updates by
      Rod Sladen and T. S. Kelso. This is the real reason for the
      release; otherwise I would have sat on it until I had velocity
      tests.

0.022		2009-02-15	T. R. Wyant
  General
    Make new test t/tle_exception.t a developer test until I can figure
      out why it only runs on my configuration.

0.021		2009-02-13	T. R. Wyant
  General
    Make Time::y2038 recommended rather than required, since
      ActivePerl has problems with that module. We use it if
      available, otherwise we fall back to the core modules
      (and Time::Local if needed).
    Add eg/closest and eg/positions, showing calculation of the
      closest approach to a given point, and standalone calculation
      of the positions of all bodies at a given time.
    Correct '## no critic' in various places.
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.021
    Trap any exceptions encountered when setting the time, set the time
      to undef (since otherwise we're left in an inconsistent state)
      and re-raise the exception.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.016
    Add OID number to exceptions related to orbital elements.
    Correct error messages involving using a near-earth model on a
      deep-space satellite or vice versa.
    Document the units of the model results (km or km/sec).
    Update canned Iridium status for the loss of Iridium 33 in a
      collision with Cosmos 2251.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set 0.006
    Tell carp not to report Astro::Coord::ECI (and friends) errors
      as originating in Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set.
  bin/satpass 0.021
    Add gmt parameter which, if true, causes time output to be GMT.
    Trap Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE modeling exceptions in the 'flare',
      'pass', and 'position' commands, so that the whole command does
      not abort when this happens. SIGINT still aborts the whole
      command. Add -quiet option to supress error output.
    Mark geocode_ca as unsupported and probably not working, since
      they have started requiring registration for use of their
      free port.
  Build.PL
    Change check for Astro::SIMBAD::Query to Astro::SIMBAD::Client
  Makefile.PL
    Change check for Astro::SIMBAD::Query to Astro::SIMBAD::Client

0.020		2009-01-09	T. R. Wyant
  General
    Add Time::y2038 as prerequisite, and use in place of Time::Local and
      CORE gmtime and localtime functions.
    Add Params::Util 0.25 as prerequisite.
    Add Astro/Coord/ECI/Overview.pod to try to give a "big picture".
    Eliminate function calls to UNIVERSAL::can and UNIVERSAL::isa in
      favor of Params::Util::_INSTANCE(), ::_CLASSISA(), or
      Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils::embodies().
    Update copyright date to 2009.
    Restructure Build.PL and Makefile.PL to better adapt to the
      installed version.
    Distribute t/critic.t, t/executable.t, t/iridium_status.t,
      t/manifest.t, and t/perlcriticrc but do not run them unless
      environment variable DEVELOPER_TEST is set.
    Bring code up to perlcritic --stern with exceptions contained in
      t/perlcriticrc. This was not done to bin/satpass, since I plan to
      retire it.
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.020
    Use represents() rather than isa() on the argument (if any) to the
      equatorial(), next_elevation(), and next_meridian() methods, to
      allow Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon 0.006
    Make case of 'Moon' in next_quarter() output consistent.
    Append 'Moon' to first and last quarter description.
    Add method next_quarter_hash(), which wraps next_quarter() and
      returns a hash similar to the one returned by the
      Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass() method.
    Add method almanac_hash(), which wraps almanac() in a manner similar
      to next_quarter_hash().
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Star 0.006
    Add method almanac_hash(), which wraps almanac() and returns a hash
      similar to the one returned by the Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass()
      method.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun 0.008
    Add method next_quarter_hash(), which wraps next_quarter() and
      returns a hash similar to the one returned by the
      Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass() method.
    Add method almanac_hash(), which wraps almanac() in a manner similar
      to next_quarter_hash().
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::0.015
    Add ability to manufacture the 'tle' attribute when the object was
      not generated by the parse() method.
    Supress object dump when environment variable DEVELOPER_TEST is set.
    Correct SYNOPSIS to include $tle->set(backdate=>0) with comments.
    Document models sgp4r and model4r under the 'model' attribute, and
      add them to the DESCRIPTION section of the POD.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.007
    Document attributes am, day, extinction, and pm.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set 0.005
    Add explicit represent() method.
    Add optional options hash as first argument of aggregate(). The only
      option is {select => $time} which if true causes select($time) to
      be called on any Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objecgts created.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Utils 0.010
    Add subroutine embodies($obj, $class) as a safe way to call
      represents() without throwing an exception if $obj is not blessed.
  bin/satpass 0.020
    Use Geo::WebService::Elevation::USGS for height().
    Drop support for SIMBAD 3, since U. Strasbourg did a while back.
    Trap SOAP errors and correct result hash expansion in height().
    Eliminate function calls to UNIVERSAL::can and UNIVERSAL::isa.
    Correct (reverse) documented meaning of flare() options -am, -day,
      and -pm.
    Document models sgp4r and model4r under the 'model' paramter.
    Revise 'NOTES' section to cover plans for App::Satpass2, and changes
      for this release.

0.019		2008-10-27	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.019
    Truncate SYNOPSIS code.
    Range-check angular position input, with warning if out of range:
      Latitude: - PI/2 <= latitude <= PI/2;
      Longitude: - 2*PI <= longitude < 2*PI (Jean Meeus' examples
        sometimes use examples outside the conventional range);
      Right ascension: 0 <= right ascension < 2*PI
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon 0.005
    Clarify and expand SYNOPSIS code.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Star 0.005
    Correct and expand SYNOPSIS code.
    Normalize computed right ascension to range 0 to 2 PI.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun 0.007
    Clarify and expand SYNOPSIS code.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.014
    Clarify and expand SYNOPSIS code.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.006
    Correct SYNOPSIS code.
    Document problems with magnitude estimate when the Sun is close
      to the horizon as seen from the satellite.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set 0.004
    Clarify and complete SYNOPSIS code.

0.018		2008-10-03	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.018
    Update version number and copyright date. No other changes.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.013
    Add semimajor(), to calculate and return the semimajor axis of the
      orbit.
    Update Iridium status: mark Iridium 28 (OID 24948) failed, and
      Iridium 95 (OID 27375) as in service (was spare).
  bin/satpass 0.018
    Under Mac OS X, use Mac::Pasteboard for clipboard operations if
      available; supress pbcopy warning when run as cron job.
    Fix 'height' query to track changes in USGS' elevation web service.
  t/tle_sgp4r.t
    Correct the code that extracts the needed TLEs from the downloaded
      zip file.

0.017		2007-12-30	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.017
    Fall back to homegrown (and un-general, and insufficiently tested)
      code if Storable::dclone not available.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.012
    Correct behavior when Scalar::Util::dualvar not present.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.005
    Use max() and min() from Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils 0.009
    Added looks_like_number(), max(), min(), defaulting to the
      Scalar::Util or List::Util implementations if possible, but
      providing our own if not.
    Clarify load_module() documentation.
  bin/satpass 0.017
    Use looks_like_number() and max() from Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils.
    Recode _load_module to use Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils::load_module.
    Fix clipboard code to fail gracefully if Scalar::Util::weaken
      is unavailable.
  t/{moon,sun}.t
    Skip singleton test if Scalar::Util::refaddr not available.
  t/pod_coverage.t
    Correct also_private setting to make it skip all-uppercase+numeric
      (blind fix since mine seems to skip constants anyway, which is
      what I'm really trying to do).
  t/tle.t
    Use max() from Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils.
  t/pod_spelling.t 0.010
    Add stop words 'max' and 'min'.
  bin/satpass 0.017
    Supress '"our" variable $clipboard_unavailable masks earlier
      declaration ...' under 5.10.0.

0.016		2007-12-28	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.016
    Increment version. No other changes.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.011
    Use PI-related constants from Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils.
    pass() no longer throws 'end before beginning' error if caused
      by setting backdate false; instead returns empty list of
      passes.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.004
    flare() no longer throws 'end before beginning' error if caused
      by setting backdate false; instead returns empty list of
      passes.
    Add model 'sgp4r', based on 'Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3',
      and equivalent metamodel 'model4r.'
    Make metamodel 'model' execute sgp4r.
    Have 'period' take into account which model is being used.
  Build.PL
    Prompt for installation of 'satpass' script, defaulting to 'n'.
  Makefile.PL
    Fix license support check to work with developer versions of
      ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
    Prompt for installation of 'satpass' script, defaulting to 'n'.
  bin/satpass 0.016
    Document major changes in classes. No other changes.
  eg/tle_period.t
    Pseudo-test to compare the various period calculations.
  eg/README
    Update to add eg/tle_period.t
  t/{eci,moon,star,sun}.t
    Remove dependency on Math::Trig.
    Prefer Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils over local definitions of
      constants.
  t/iridium.t
    Clarify (I hope!) how to run the Iridium tests.
  t/tle_sgp4r.t
    New test for model sgp4r. TLEs are not included in the kit,
      but are downloaded if needed.
  t/sgp4r.out
    Comparison data for tle_sgp4r.t. Renamed from tforver.out in
      the 'Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3' download.
  t/pod.t
    Remove unused variable
  t/pod_coverage.t
    Remove unused variable

0.015		2007-11-15	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.015
    Bump version number. No other changes.
  bin/satpass 0.015
    Document pod coverage test change, intent to and plans for
      implementing "Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3".
    Bump version.
  t/pod_coverage.t
    Specify all-caps routines as private, since some testers are
      getting failures on 'use constant' declarations. I don't get
      these, so the change is kind of blind.

0.014		2007-11-13
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.014
    Add equinox_dynamical attribute; precess() now uses this as start
      point and leaves the time alone. It is also used when going from
      ECI to ECEF, and set to the current time when going from ECEF to
      ECI.
    Add global $EQUINOX_TOLERANCE to determine minimum precession when
      converting from ECI to ECEF.
    Add method equinox_dynamical for performance.
    Document dynamical and universal times.
    Add method precess_dynamical() to precess to the given dynamical
      time. The precess() method simply converts its argument to
      dynamical and delegates to this.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Moon 0.004
    Have model set equinox_dynamical attribute to modeled dynamical
      time.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Star 0.004
    Set equinox_dynamical attribute before precessing to current
      equinox.
    Precess coordinates at end of time_set(), not in middle.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Sun 0.006
    Have model set equinox_dynamical attribute to modeled dynamical
      time.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.10
    Add backdate attribute (default: true) to control whether pass()
      uses elements before their epoch.
    Use the alias() mechanism for special-case settings of the
      illum attribute.
    Have models set equinox_dynamical to the dynamical epoch.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.003
    Have backdate attribute control whether flare() uses elements
      before their epoch.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set 0.003
    Minor documentation tweaks and POD fixes.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils 0.008
    Add constant JD_OF_EPOCH, globals $DATEFORMAT and $JD_GREGORIAN,
      and subroutines date2jd, date2epoch, epoch2datetime, jd2date,
      jd2datetime.
    Add subroutine load_module and centralize all on-the-fly loading
      here, for support of .pmc modules.
  bin/satpass 0.014
    Add 'echo' and 'times' commands.
    Add 'backdate' parameter, propagate to pass() and flare().
    Add 'desired_equinox' parameter, use it when displaying inertial
      coordinates (only equatorial, at the moment).
    Allow pseudo-redirection of command output into a pipe.

0.013		2007-03-02	T. R. Wyant
  Astro::Coord::ECI 0.013
    No code changes, but updated version to be visible to CPAN 'r'.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.009
    Updated canned Iridium status table for failure of Iridium 36 and
      its replacement by Iridium 97.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.002
    Fixed occasional borderline-case spurious flare prediction.
  bin/satpass 0.013
    Added -version command option, to display preamble and exit.
    Wrap probe for clipboard helpers in eval{}. Among other things, this
      allows the script to run in taint mode.
    Add -choose option to list().
    Allow extra arguments to status show, to do selective status display.
  t/moon.t
    Fixed cosmetic undefined value error when Scalar::Util does not
      implement refaddr().
  t/sun.t
    Fixed cosmetic undefined value error when Scalar::Util does not
      implement refaddr().

0.012		2007-01-09	T. R. Wyant
  ECI.pm 0.012
    Localized $Data::Dumper::Terse
    Fixed divide-by-zero in azel() when the points coincide.
    Convert angle() to use law of haversines rather than law of cosines,
      for better performance on small angles.
  ECI/Sun.pm 0.005
    Add magnitude() method.
  ECI/TLE.pm 0.008
    Add {body} and {station} to hash returned by pass().
    Add support for reblessing to Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium if
      appropriate. This includes rebless(), before_reblessing(),
      after_reblessing(), alias(), can_flare(), status(), and the {reblessable}
      attribute.
  ECI/TLE/Iridium.pm 0.001
    Initial release.
  ECI/Utils.pm 0.007
    Confess on invalid acos() argument.
    Add find_first_true() to support finding Iridium flares.
  bin/satpass 0.012
    If a source file ends with a continued line, warn and abandon the
      line.
    Set the time on the appulsing body before obtaining its coordinates.
    Fix error in end time parser in position().
    Throw error if doing 'sky lookup' on a body that is already in the
      sky.
    Have pass() round the displayed time for the appulsing body.
    Add flare() to calculate Iridium flares.
    Modify position() to report flare potential for Iridium satellites.
    Added -choose option to pass(), position(), tle().
    Removed pass_old() and the timing parameter, strongly deprecated in
      version 0.011.
    Added {simbad_version} parameter to select SIMBAD software to use.
  eg/iridium 0.001
    New example calculating Iridium flares.

0.011		2006-10-26	T. R. Wyant
  ECI.pm 0.011
    Add horizon attribute.
  ECI/TLE.pm
    Add pass() method and supporting attributes.
  bin/satpass
    Add check_version()
    Defer loading of optional modules to speed startup.
    Rewrite XML parsing to use either XML::Parser or XML::Parser::Lite,
      with XML::Parser being preferred.
    Fix fatal error when running off the end of the top-level command
      script.
    Support ~user in filenames.
    Convert pass() to use Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass(). Old code
      remains as pass_old(), strongly deprecated.
    Use Time::HiRes for timing, if that is available.
    Document status of pass_old, 'timing' parameter (strongly
      deprecated) and the SIMBAD situation.
  eg/iss
    New example to demonstrate Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass().

0.010		2006-09-23	T. R. Wyant
    ECI.pm 0.010
      Check for null arguments on most calls, so we die now rather
        than later.
      Fix undefined value when calling set() with no arguments.
    ECI/Moon.pm 0.003
      Make singleton object by default.
    ECI/Sun.pm 0.004
      Make singleton object by default.
    bin/satpass 0.010
      Add qualifiers -brief, -list, and -delete to macro command.
        Parameter explicit_macro_delete controls what the macro
        command does when given a name but no definition.
      Make -time work on macros and source commands.
      Add ability to abort macros and source scripts on error,
        controlled by parameter error_out.
    Build.PL
      Correct add_to_cleanup() call.
      Add omitted ECI/Sun.pm.
    Makefile.PL
      Add explicit PL_FILES => {}, to prevent old versions from
        trying to execute 'perl Build.PL Build'.

0.009		2006-07-23	T. R. Wyant
    ECI.pm 0.009
      Add represents() method.
    ECI/Sun.pm 0.003
      Remove redundant definition of ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT; use AU from
        Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils
    ECI/TLE.pm 0.006
      Add is_model_attribute(), is_valid_model().
    ECI/TLE/Set.pm 0.002
      Allow Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects as arguments of add().
      Take advantage of is_model_attribuite(), is_valid_model().
    bin/satpass 0.009
      Fix defaulting of second argument of quarters().
      Allow macros to override core commands. Macros can no longer
        call themselves, and core commands can be accessed explicitly
        by the syntax core.command.
      Relative times for the second and subsequent arguments of a
        command are relative to previous time argument of the same
        command, whether absolute or relative.
    Build.PL 0.001
      Initial version.

0.008		2006-07-14	T. R. Wyant
    ECI.pm 0.008
      Support the use of Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects in the
        angle() method.
      Add method attribute().
    ECI/TLE.pm 0.005
      Add the null model.
    ECI/TLE/Set.pm 0.001 New container object.
    ECI/Utils.pm 0.006
      Add dynamical_delta() method (was private method in ECI.pm).
    bin/satpass 0.008
      Use Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects to represent satellites
        when we have more than one set of orbital elements.
      Add help for Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set.
      Add and document 'singleton' parameter. Use it in pass() and
        position().
      Default end times relative to start times, rather than relative
        to the last explicit time.
      Fix interaction between clipboard functionality and test hook.
        Thanks to IMACAT for help diagnosing and verifying.
      Add acknowledgments.

0.007		2006-07-06	T. R. Wyant
  ECI.pm
    Optimize, mostly by being smarter about when to clear cached
      coordinates.
    Correct spelling in POD.
  ECI/Moon.pm
    Change die to confess on programming error.
    Correct spelling in POD.
  ECI/Star.pm
    Correct spelling in POD.
  ECI/Sun.pm
    Correct spelling in POD.
  ECI/TLE.pm
    Modify internals for easier cache clearing.
    Better documentation of 'mean anomaly'.
    Correct spelling in POD.
    Trap invalid effective eccentricity in sgp4. The underlying cause
      of the problem is probably either an invalid TLE or using the TLE
      past its 'good until' date.
  ECI/Utils.pm
    Change die to confess on programming error.
    Correct spelling in POD.
  Makefile.PL
    Get rid of wrong-headed attempt to configure optional modules.
  bin/satpass
    Various documentation corrections.
    Correct spelling in POD.
    Add store() and retrieve() as interface to Storable.
    Centralize tilde expansion, and do it on cd(), load(), retrieve (),
      source(), store ().
    Preprocess -start and -end options of st(), to make dates
      consistent with the rest of satpass.
    Add -initialization_file command option.
    Add -optional option on source().
    Add localize(), and macro/source call frames to support this.
    Add localize subcommand to st().
    Make 'st show' a synonym for 'st get', and make 'st get' without
      arguments show all settings.
    Add test hooks, and a test to exercise the more arcane functions
      of the script.
    Add -source_layer and -retry_on_zero options to height_us().
    Add a separate height_ca() method that makes use of the above
      options when delegating to height_us(), in response to anomalous
      responses to height queries.
    Fix problem displaying appulses in pass().
    Make the position() display positions for a range of times. Add
      -realtime option to position() to display positions in
      near-real-time.
    Add drop().
    Fix formatting of error messages from the local coordinate
      formatters.
    Have position() display epoch and illumination when displaying
      objects from the observing list.

0.006		2006-06-07	T. R. Wyant
  ECI.pm
    Cache some calculations for re-use.
  ECI/Star.pm
    Tweak docs.
  ECI/Utils.pm
    Add intensity_to_magnitude(), atmospheric_extinction().
  bin/satpass
    Correct check for whether location has been set. Old check
      did not recognize 0 latitude, longitude, or height.
    Special-case code to 'unset' tz when it is set to undef or ''.
    Make 'position' iterate over time, in real time with -realtime.
    Add -time global command option to time execution.
    Add 'country' parameter. Break out 'geocode' and 'height' to
      country-specific versions, and make the original command
      dispatch based on 'country' parameter or explicit argument.
    Allow formatting of local coordinates without range information.
    Round pass times to the nearest second (since strftime truncates).
    Add 'almanac' command options -horizon, -quarters, -transit, and
      -twilight to restrict the output.
    Make height_us() work with revised USGS SOAP calling sequence.

0.005		2006-04-21	T. R. Wyant
  ECI.pm
    Add 'inertial' read-only attribute.
    Add equatorial coordinates relative to observer.
    Fix negative right ascension - should be mod 2 pi.
    Tweak docs, including fuller synopsis.
  bin/satpass
    Add local_coord parameter to determine local coordinate system
      (azel or equatorial).
    Modify pass and position output to use local_coord.
  TLE.pm
    Tweak synopsis, to show that setting time runs model.

0.004		2006-03-14	T. R. Wyant
  bin/satpass -
    Rewrite command parsing so that we can retain quotes and
      be POSIXly correct in option processing for the system
      command.
    Give tle command a -verbose qualifier, to produce a formatted
      listing of the orbital parameters.
    Provide HTML =item targets consistent with links.
  ECI.pm
    Clean up docs.
  TLE.pm
    Clean up docs, wrap some really long lines.
    Replace _fmod2p with mod2pi from Utils module.

0.003		2006-03-10	T. R. Wyant
  bin/satpass -
    Remove all uses of Clipboard, to try to get built under
      ActiveState's ActivePerl.
    Correct version number in Astro::SpaceTrack load.
    Accumulate Iridium operational statuses.
    Add status command to display satellite operational status.
  Astro::Coord::ECI
    Increment version, as a lazy way to increment the distribution
      version.
    Tweak documentation.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils
    Make subclass of Exporter, since ActiveState's build
      seems to have a problem with 'use Exporter qw{import}'
      (except under darwin, strangely enough).
    Increment version.

0.002		2006-03-02	T. R. Wyant
  bin/satpass -
    Behave better when no Clipboard module.
    Do not use Clipboard module under darwin.
    Require Astro::SpaceTrack 0.016 (if any).
    Default star distance now 10000 parsecs (was 1 parsec).
    Add 'sky lookup', using Astro::SIMBAD::Query.
    Modified 'sky' listing format to look like 'sky add' commands.
  Astro::Coord::ECI -
    Add NAD83 ellipsoid.
  Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils -
    Corrected documentation.

0.001		2006-02-17	T. R. Wyant
  Initial release