Distance from Earth to other solar system bodies.

[Tichro]

Have just discovered this library of routines and it is exactly what I have been looking for, very impressive work indeed.
Now to my question,,, how can I get the distances from Earth to other solar system bodies?
I have searched for similar discussions but couldn't find anything.
If this is already a function in the library I apologise.
Any chance of an example, I'm using Java in an Android app?

[cosinekitty]

Hi @Tichro and welcome to the project! You can use the geoVector function to calculate a 3D vector from the center of the Earth to the center of a planet, the Sun, or the Moon. Then you can use the length member function to find the distance expressed in astronomical units:

Vector vec = Astronomy.geoVector(Body.Jupiter, time, Aberration.Corrected);
double dist = vec.length();

[Tichro]

Hi there @cosinekitty , wasn't expecting such a fast response :)
Oh that is superb, and so simple, thank you so much, greatly appreciated, and thank you for such a great library of routines.