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| Description: | This library is intended to provide the user with various ephemeris-generating routines, particularly in the calculation of planetary, solar, and lunar positions, and in the estimation of eclipse parameters. Most of the routines used may be found in Duffet-Smith (see the bibliography), although the iterative solution for Kepler's equation is found on pages 85-87 of the AE Roy reference, and none of the routines claim to be speedy or efficient -- mostly due to repeated calculations of positions with no saving of previous results. They have been tested against the examples provided in the sources and match with a reasonable amount of error (probably due to round-off in the examples). Planetary longitudes have been checked against the Menzel and Duffet-Smith sources at random, and are within a degree. A level of familiarity with astronomy and orbital mechanics is assumed. | |
| Filename: | ephem1s.zip | |
| ID: | 4963 | |
| Current version: | 1.0 | |
| Author: | Keith J. Farmer | |
| Downloaded file size: | 13,113 bytes | |
| Size on calculator: | 6 KB | |
| Platforms: | 48 | |
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| Primary category: | Science/Astronomy | |
| Languages: | ENG | |
| File date: | 2001-12-20 19:25:37 | |
| Source code: | Included | |
| Download count: | 5,994 | |
| Version history: | 2001-12-20: Added to site | |
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| Library contents: | ephem1s.lib: Library 1631, EPHEM :Ephemeris Lib
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