CAAElliptical_MinorPlanetMagnitude: CAAElliptical_MinorPlanetMagnitude

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

Description

CAAElliptical_MinorPlanetMagnitude

Usage

CAAElliptical_MinorPlanetMagnitude(H, delta, G, r, PhaseAngle)

Arguments

H	H The mean absolute visual magnitude of the minor planet.
delta	delta Distance of the minor planet to the Earth in astronomical units.
G	G The so called "slope parameter" which differs from one minor planet to another.
r	r Distance of the minor planet from the Sun in astronomical units
PhaseAngle	PhaseAngle the Sun - body - Earth angle in degrees

Value

The magnitude of the minor planet.

Author(s)

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

References

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

Examples

CAAElliptical_MinorPlanetMagnitude(3.34, 1.6906631928, 0.12, 2.6154983761, 120);

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