CAAPhysicalMars_Calculate: CAAPhysicalMars_Calculate

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

View source: R/CAAPhysicalMars_Calculate.R

Description

CAAPhysicalMars_Calculate

Usage

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Arguments

JD

JD The date in Dynamical time to calculate for.

Value

A class containing

DE The planetocentric declination in degrees of the Earth.

DS The planetocentric declination in degrees of the Sun.

w The aerographic longitude in degrees of the central meridian as seen from Earth.

P The geocentric position angle of Mars' northern rotational pole in degrees.

X The position angle in degrees of the mid-point of the illuminated limb.

k The illuminated fraction of the planet's disk.

q The defect of illumination.

d The apparent diameter of Mars 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

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CAAPhysicalMars_Calculate(JD = 2456597.5)

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