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Bodies Selection List

The Bodies Selection List controls which celestial bodies a study includes. Bodies are organized into expandable classification groups, each row carrying a checkbox. Checking a body adds it to the study; unchecking removes it. The list appears the same way in all three ephemeris study types, though the set of available bodies depends on the study's perspective.

The Bodies Selection List of a study with its classification groups expanded and several body checkboxes checked.

Selecting Bodies​

To include or exclude a single body:

  • Click the body's checkbox to select or deselect it.

To show or hide the bodies under a classification group:

  • Click the group's header row to expand or collapse it.

Selecting Several Bodies at Once​

The right-click context menu acts on the body rows you have highlighted, so you can change many bodies in one step.

tip

Ctrl-click or Shift-click body rows to highlight several at once before using the context menu.

To select the highlighted bodies:

  1. Highlight one or more body rows in the list.
  2. Right-click the selection and select Select.

To deselect the highlighted bodies:

  1. Highlight one or more body rows in the list.
  2. Right-click the selection and select Deselect.

To deselect every body in the list at once:

  • Right-click any body row and select Clear All.

The Bodies Selection List with several body rows highlighted and the right-click context menu open showing Select, Deselect, and Clear All.

Available Bodies​

The bodies offered depend on the study's perspective. Within the list, they are organized under expandable classification groups.

Geocentric and Topocentric Studies​

Geocentric and topocentric studies offer the same bodies, grouped under Planets, Barycenters, Lunar Axis, Asteroids, and Centaurs:

  • Moon
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Sun
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Tenet
  • Lunar Apogee
  • Mean Apogee
  • North Node
  • Mean Node
  • Vesta
  • Juno
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Chiron
  • Pholus

Heliocentric Studies​

Heliocentric studies are Sun-centered, so the Sun, Moon, and lunar points do not apply and Earth is included instead. The bodies are grouped under Planets, Barycenters, Asteroids, and Centaurs:

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Tenet
  • Vesta
  • Juno
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Chiron
  • Pholus