[gnu-soc] GNU Orbtimes: project idea

[Nick Strauss]

- Name of the GNU program.
  GNU Orbtimes

- Summary of the project/idea.
  Orbtimes is a terminal application for Astronomical
  calendar calculations written in C.

- Little paragraph explaining the project/idea.
  Orbtimes has a lot of useful terrestrial astronomical 
  calculations that run as a commmand line terminal tool.
  For example,
  
nicks@grant:~$ orbtimes --moon
Sunset local day Tuesday     17:36.911441 February 11 2020
Sunrise local day Wednesday     6:50.882947 February 12 2020
Moon Rise local day Tuesday     20:33.634646 February 11 2020
Moon Set local day Wednesday     9:16.836977 February 12 2020

  https://nick-strauss.com

  Work continues on refining the solar and lunar eclipse calculation,
  and more general astronomical calculations, e.g. earthrise times on
  the moon.
  
- Skills required.
  Example: Good knowledge of Astronomy/Mathematical programming,
  C.

- Contact address for interested students.
  Example: address@hidden