org.orekit.bodies
Class CelestialBodyFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.bodies.CelestialBodyFactory

public class CelestialBodyFactory
extends Object

Factory class for bodies of the solar system.

The Sun, the Moon and the planets (including the Pluto dwarf planet) are provided by this factory. In addition, two important points are provided for convenience: the solar system barycenter and the Earth-Moon barycenter.

The underlying body-centered frames are either direct children of EME2000 (for Moon and Earth-Moon barycenter) or children from other body-centered frames. For example, the path from EME2000 to Jupiter-centered frame is: EME2000, Earth-Moon barycenter centered, solar system barycenter centered, Jupiter-centered. The defining transforms of these frames are combinations of simple linear translation/velocity transforms without any rotation. The frame axes are therefore always parallel to EME2000 frame axes.

The position of the bodies provided by this class are interpolated using the JPL DE 405/DE 406 ephemerides.

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Field Summary

static String	EARTH Predefined name for Earth.
static String	EARTH_MOON Predefined name for Earth-Moon barycenter.
static String	JUPITER Predefined name for Jupiter.
static String	MARS Predefined name for Mars.
static String	MERCURY Predefined name for Mercury.
static String	MOON Predefined name for Moon.
static String	NEPTUNE Predefined name for Neptune.
static String	PLUTO Predefined name for Pluto.
static String	SATURN Predefined name for Saturn.
static String	SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER Predefined name for solar system barycenter.
static String	SUN Predefined name for Sun.
static String	URANUS Predefined name for Uranus.
static String	VENUS Predefined name for Venus.

Method Summary

static void	addCelestialBodyLoader(String name, CelestialBodyLoader loader) Add a loader for celestial bodies.
static void	addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String supportedNames) Add the default loaders for all predefined celestial bodies.
static void	addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String name, String supportedNames) Add the default loaders for celestial bodies.
static void	clearCelestialBodyLoaders() Clear loaders for all celestial bodies.
static void	clearCelestialBodyLoaders(String name) Clear loaders for one celestial body.
static CelestialBody	getBody(String name) Get a celestial body.
static CelestialBody	getEarth() Get the Earth singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getEarthMoonBarycenter() Get the Earth-Moon barycenter singleton bodies pair.
static CelestialBody	getJupiter() Get the Jupiter singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getMars() Get the Mars singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getMercury() Get the Mercury singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getMoon() Get the Moon singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getNeptune() Get the Neptune singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getPluto() Get the Pluto singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getSaturn() Get the Saturn singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getSolarSystemBarycenter() Get the solar system barycenter aggregated body.
static CelestialBody	getSun() Get the Sun singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getUranus() Get the Uranus singleton body.
static CelestialBody	getVenus() Get the Venus singleton body.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER

public static final String SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER

Predefined name for solar system barycenter.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

SUN

public static final String SUN

Predefined name for Sun.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

MERCURY

public static final String MERCURY

Predefined name for Mercury.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

VENUS

public static final String VENUS

Predefined name for Venus.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

EARTH_MOON

public static final String EARTH_MOON

Predefined name for Earth-Moon barycenter.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

EARTH

public static final String EARTH

Predefined name for Earth.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

MOON

public static final String MOON

Predefined name for Moon.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

MARS

public static final String MARS

Predefined name for Mars.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

JUPITER

public static final String JUPITER

Predefined name for Jupiter.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

SATURN

public static final String SATURN

Predefined name for Saturn.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

URANUS

public static final String URANUS

Predefined name for Uranus.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

NEPTUNE

public static final String NEPTUNE

Predefined name for Neptune.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

PLUTO

public static final String PLUTO

Predefined name for Pluto.

See Also:

getBody(String), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

addCelestialBodyLoader

public static void addCelestialBodyLoader(String name,
                                          CelestialBodyLoader loader)

Add a loader for celestial bodies.

Parameters:

name - name of the body (may be one of the predefined names or a user-defined name)

loader - custom loader to add for the body

See Also:

addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String), clearCelestialBodyLoaders(String), clearCelestialBodyLoaders()

addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader

public static void addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String supportedNames)
                                          throws OrekitException

Add the default loaders for all predefined celestial bodies.

Parameters:

supportedNames - regular expression for supported files names (may be null if the default JPL file names are used)

The default loaders look for DE405 or DE406 JPL ephemerides.

Throws:

OrekitException - if the header constants cannot be read

See Also:

DE405 JPL ephemerides, DE406 JPL ephemerides, addCelestialBodyLoader(String, CelestialBodyLoader), addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String), clearCelestialBodyLoaders(String), clearCelestialBodyLoaders()

addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader

public static void addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String name,
                                                 String supportedNames)
                                          throws OrekitException

Add the default loaders for celestial bodies.

Parameters:

name - name of the body (if not one of the predefined names, the method does nothing)

supportedNames - regular expression for supported files names (may be null if the default JPL file names are used)

The default loaders look for DE405 or DE406 JPL ephemerides.

Throws:

OrekitException - if the header constants cannot be read

See Also:

DE405 JPL ephemerides, DE406 JPL ephemerides, addCelestialBodyLoader(String, CelestialBodyLoader), addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader(String), clearCelestialBodyLoaders(String), clearCelestialBodyLoaders()

clearCelestialBodyLoaders

public static void clearCelestialBodyLoaders(String name)

Clear loaders for one celestial body.

Parameters:

name - name of the body

See Also:

addCelestialBodyLoader(String, CelestialBodyLoader), clearCelestialBodyLoaders()

clearCelestialBodyLoaders

public static void clearCelestialBodyLoaders()

Clear loaders for all celestial bodies.

See Also:

addCelestialBodyLoader(String, CelestialBodyLoader), clearCelestialBodyLoaders(String)

getSolarSystemBarycenter

public static CelestialBody getSolarSystemBarycenter()
                                              throws OrekitException

Get the solar system barycenter aggregated body.

Returns:

solar system barycenter aggregated body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getSun

public static CelestialBody getSun()
                            throws OrekitException

Get the Sun singleton body.

Returns:

Sun body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getMercury

public static CelestialBody getMercury()
                                throws OrekitException

Get the Mercury singleton body.

Returns:

Sun body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getVenus

public static CelestialBody getVenus()
                              throws OrekitException

Get the Venus singleton body.

Returns:

Venus body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getEarthMoonBarycenter

public static CelestialBody getEarthMoonBarycenter()
                                            throws OrekitException

Get the Earth-Moon barycenter singleton bodies pair.

Returns:

Earth-Moon barycenter bodies pair

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getEarth

public static CelestialBody getEarth()
                              throws OrekitException

Get the Earth singleton body.

Returns:

Earth body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getMoon

public static CelestialBody getMoon()
                             throws OrekitException

Get the Moon singleton body.

Returns:

Moon body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getMars

public static CelestialBody getMars()
                             throws OrekitException

Get the Mars singleton body.

Returns:

Mars body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getJupiter

public static CelestialBody getJupiter()
                                throws OrekitException

Get the Jupiter singleton body.

Returns:

Jupiter body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getSaturn

public static CelestialBody getSaturn()
                               throws OrekitException

Get the Saturn singleton body.

Returns:

Saturn body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getUranus

public static CelestialBody getUranus()
                               throws OrekitException

Get the Uranus singleton body.

Returns:

Uranus body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getNeptune

public static CelestialBody getNeptune()
                                throws OrekitException

Get the Neptune singleton body.

Returns:

Neptune body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getPluto

public static CelestialBody getPluto()
                              throws OrekitException

Get the Pluto singleton body.

Returns:

Pluto body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built

getBody

public static CelestialBody getBody(String name)
                             throws OrekitException

Get a celestial body.

If no CelestialBodyLoader has been added by calling addCelestialBodyLoader or if clearCelestialBodyLoaders has been called afterwards, the addDefaultCelestialBodyLoader method will be called automatically, once with the default name for JPL DE ephemerides and once with the default name for IMCCE INPOP files.

Parameters:

name - name of the celestial body

Returns:

celestial body

Throws:

OrekitException - if the celestial body cannot be built