Package org.orekit.bodies

Class AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.bodies.AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExtendedPositionProvider, PVCoordinatesProvider

public class AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider
extends Object
implements ExtendedPositionProvider

Class computing low-fidelity positions for the Sun. They should only be used in the decades around the year 2000.
Reference: Montenbruck, Oliver, and Gill, Eberhard. Satellite orbits : models, methods, and applications. Berlin New York: Springer, 2000.

Since:

12.2

Author:

Romain Serra

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider()	Constructor with default data context.
AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider(DataContext dataContext)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Vector3D	getPosition(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame)	Get the position of the body in the selected frame.
<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldVector3D<T>	getPosition(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date, Frame frame)	Get the position in the selected frame.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.orekit.utils.ExtendedPositionProvider

getPVCoordinates, getPVCoordinates, getVelocity, toExtendedPVCoordinatesProvider, toFieldPVCoordinatesProvider

Constructor Detail

AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider

public AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider(DataContext dataContext)

Constructor.

Parameters:

dataContext - data context

AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider

@DefaultDataContext
public AnalyticalSolarPositionProvider()

Constructor with default data context.

Method Detail

getPosition

public Vector3D getPosition(AbsoluteDate date,
                            Frame frame)

Get the position of the body in the selected frame.

Specified by:

getPosition in interface PVCoordinatesProvider

Parameters:

date - current date

frame - the frame where to define the position

Returns:

position of the body (m and)

getPosition

public <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldVector3D<T> getPosition(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date,
                                                                        Frame frame)

Get the position in the selected frame.

Specified by:

getPosition in interface ExtendedPositionProvider

Type Parameters:

T - field type

Parameters:

date - current date

frame - the frame where to define the position

Returns:

position