CAAElliptical_CometMagnitude: CAAElliptical_CometMagnitude

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

Description

CAAElliptical_CometMagnitude

Usage

CAAElliptical_CometMagnitude(g, delta, k, r)

Arguments

g	g The absolute magnitude of the comet.
delta	delta Distance of the comet to the Earth in astronomical units.
k	k A constant which differs from one comet to another.
r	r Distance of the comet from the Sun in astronomical units

Value

The magnitude of the comet.

Author(s)

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

References

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

Examples

Mag2 = CAAElliptical_CometMagnitude(5.5, 0.378, 10, 0.658);
Mag3 = CAAElliptical_CometMagnitude(5.5, 1.1017, 10, 1.5228);

helixcn/skycalc documentation built on March 31, 2021, 5:45 a.m.