smnLX: Declination of southern minor Lunar Extreme for a given year

In skyscapeR: Data Analysis and Visualization for Skyscape Archaeology

Description

This function calculates the declination of the southern minor Lunar Extreme for a given year, based upon obliquity estimation and corrected average parallax.

Usage

smnLX(
  year = skyscapeR.env$cur.year,
  loc = FALSE,
  parallax = 0.952,
  altitude = 0,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

year	Year for which to calculate the declination. Defaults to present year as given by Sys.Date.
loc	(Optional) This can be either the latitude of the location, or a skyscapeR.horizon object. If missing or FALSE, function will output geocentric declination.
parallax	(Optional) Average parallax value for the moon Defaults to 0.952.
altitude	(Optional) Altitude of the sun. Defaults to 0 degrees.
verbose	(Optional) Boolean to control output of warnings and messages. Defaults to TRUE.

See Also

nmnLX, nMjLX, sMjLX, parallax.corr

Examples

# Southern minor Lunar Extreme geocentric declination for year 2501 BC:
smnLX(-2500)

# Topocentric declination for same year and latitude of 50 degrees N:
smnLX(-2500, loc=50)

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