Grading Rubric for Celestia Final Paper
  50 points total
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  5
  Introduction to the purpose of the Celestia Project
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  8
  Description of the ssc file;  its function in Celestia.   What variables are in it?
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  4
  Description of the characteristics of terrestrial planets
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  4
  Description of the characteristics of jovian planets
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  4
  Description of the objects in the Kuiper belt
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  4
  Description of the minor planets (orbits, physical nature, number)
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  4
  Description of the comets (orbits, physical nature, number)
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  12
  Detailed descriptions of four of your most interesting objects in your system.  
                  Three points each.     (illustrations encouraged)
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  5
  On time   (Friday by 15:30 EST)