Monday 7 February 2011

(24835) 1995 SM55, computer simulators

(24835) 1995 SM55 is a classical Kuiper belt object discovered in September of 1995. It has a perihelion of 37.4 AU and an aphelion of 45.9 AU. It has a small diameter (about 175 km). This object is part of the Haumean collisional family. There is a prediscovery image back to September of 1982.

In a video game or a simulator, there are physical rules that determine the movement of the player and rules that determine the limits of the gameplay area. In the movie "Tron" (1982) the light cycles redefine the limits of the gameplay area constantly. In the year 1995 appeared the playstation console, that allowed to develop video games in a 3D gameplay area.

In the movie "Apolo 13" (1995) and "Star Trek" (2009) the computer simulator allows the player try different procedures to find the successful solution.

In the movie "Brave Heart" (1995), th
e king Longshanks makes a demonstration of his future movements with a model of the country.

In the Japanese manga-anime
"Case Closed [Detective Conan] (1994, 1996), the detective Conan reconstructs the crime scene by the evidence he finds. The more ascertain, the more limited the possibilities of what happened, until there is no doubt and the assassin is identified.

The main theme of (24835) 1995 SM55 are simulations (specially computer simulators) that allow scientific demonstrations.

"Bones" (TV serie, 2005)

Jade Raymond, video game programmer, has Mercury in Virgo opposite 1995 SM55 in Pisces semisextile/quincunx the Crossing Axis of the Age Progressions (Basis Horoscope / Moon-Node Horoscope).