With this {@link AspectFinder} the default orbs are based on the orb usedfor the conjunction, this is an harmonic style; for example, the default orb for a conjunction is 12, opposition 6, trine 4, square 3 and so forth. By default, aspects that are almost within orb are also returned. Each aspect has a strength; if the aspect is exact then the strength is 1, if the aspect is near the extent of the orb then its strength is near 0; for the aspects that are beyond the orb (but close) the strength is negative. Here are some examples where the orbLimit is 16 and the orbRange is .75, and by calculation the regular orb is 12 (= 16 x .75) (= orbLimit x orbRange:
In the following table, the orbRange is .75 for all aspects
aspect | max orb | limit | sep/strength | sep/strength | sep/strength | sep/strength |
conjunction | 12° | 16° | 0°/1.0 | 6°/.5 | 12°/.0 | 16°/-.333 |
opposition | 6° | 8 | 0°/1.0 | 3°/.5 | 6°/.0 | 8°/-.333 |
trine | 4° | 5.33° | 0°/1.0 | 2°/.5 | 4°/.0 | 5.33°/-.333 |
square | 3° | 4° | 0°/1.0 | 1.5°/.5 | 3°/.0 | 4°/-.333 |
The orbLimit and orbRange may be individually set for any aspect, see {@link #setAspectTweak(org.metawb.astro.AspectId,double,double)}
@author Ernie Rael