SofaNum00a Method

Computes the nutation matrix for a given date using the IAU 2000A nutation model.

Definition

Namespace: ASCOM.Tools
Assembly: ASCOM.AstrometryTools (in ASCOM.AstrometryTools.dll) Version: 3.0.0-rc.1+86c25ce733aebb4d8b1b8a62e84770ea5e972bea
C#
public static void Num00a(
	double date1,
	double date2,
	double[] rmatn
)

Parameters

date1  Double
The first part of the Julian Date representing the Terrestrial Time (TT) of the desired date. Typically, this is the integer part of the Julian Date.
date2  Double
The second part of the Julian Date representing the Terrestrial Time (TT) of the desired date. This is usually the fractional part of the Julian Date. The sum of date1 and date2 gives the full Julian Date.
rmatn  Double
When the method returns, contains a 3×3 nutation matrix in row-major order. The array must have a length of at least 9 elements.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullExceptionThrown if any array parameter is null.
ArgumentExceptionThrown if any array parameter has incorrect length.

Version Information

.NET Standard

Supported in: 2.0

See Also