CAADiameters_TopocentricMoonSemidiameter: CAADiameters_TopocentricMoonSemidiameter

In helixcn/skycalc: Computational Astronomy in R based on PJ Naughter's AA+ library

Description

CAADiameters_TopocentricMoonSemidiameter

Usage

CAADiameters_TopocentricMoonSemidiameter(DistanceDelta, Delta, H, Latitude, Height)

Arguments

DistanceDelta	DistanceDelta The distance to the Moon in kilometres .
Delta	Delta The geocentric declination of the Moon in degrees.
H	H The geocentric hour angle of the Moon.
Latitude	Latitude The latitude of the position in degrees.
Height	Height The observer's height above sea level in meters

Value

The Moon's semi diameter in arc seconds.

Author(s)

C++ code by PJ Naughter, imported to R by Jinlong Zhang

References

Meeus, J. H. (1991). Astronomical algorithms. Willmann-Bell, Incorporated.

Examples

CAADiameters_TopocentricMoonSemidiameter(DistanceDelta = 384000, 
Delta = 12, H = 2.31, Latitude = 22, Height = 650)

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