fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.bodies

Class EarthEphemeris

java.lang.Object

fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.bodies.EarthEphemeris

All Implemented Interfaces:

CelestialBodyEphemeris, PVCoordinatesProvider, Serializable

public class EarthEphemeris
extends Object
implements CelestialBodyEphemeris

Earth ephemeris.

Since:

4.11

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EarthEphemeris()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Frame	getNativeFrame(AbsoluteDate date) Get the native frame, i.e. the raw frame in which PVCoordinates are expressed before transformation to user output frame.
PVCoordinates	getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame) Get the PVCoordinates of the body in the selected frame.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EarthEphemeris

public EarthEphemeris()

Method Detail

getPVCoordinates

public PVCoordinates getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date,
                                      Frame frame)
                               throws PatriusException

Get the PVCoordinates of the body in the selected frame.

Specified by:

getPVCoordinates in interface PVCoordinatesProvider

Parameters:

date - current date

frame - the frame where to define the position

Returns:

position/velocity of the body (m and m/s)

Throws:

PatriusException - if position cannot be computed in given frame

getNativeFrame

public Frame getNativeFrame(AbsoluteDate date)

Get the native frame, i.e. the raw frame in which PVCoordinates are expressed before transformation to user output frame.

Specified by:

getNativeFrame in interface PVCoordinatesProvider

Parameters:

date - a date

Returns:

the native frame