A Mathematical Description of the Sun-Moon Transformation Angle Support Software Package.

Abstract

A mathematical and functional description of the Sun-Moon-Transformation angle support software package is presented. This software package constructs a file on magnetic tape of inertial solar and lunar position vectors and nutation angles, as well as values for the obliquity of the ecliptic and the equation of the equinoxes. These data may be generated in either the B1950.0 or the J2000.0 reference systems and are intended for use by the PULSAR Doppler Satellite tracking data editor. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA158113

Entities

People

  • A. D. Parks

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Chebyshev Polynomials
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Ephemerides
  • Equations
  • Generators
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Longitude
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Naval Operations
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Tapes
  • Technical Information Centers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris