org.orekit.bodies
Class IAUPoleFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.bodies.IAUPoleFactory

public class IAUPoleFactory
extends Object

Factory class for IAU poles.

The pole models provided here come from the 2009 report and the 2011 erratum of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites (WGCCRE). Note that these value differ from earliest reports (before 2005).

Since:

5.1

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Method Summary

static IAUPole

getIAUPole(JPLEphemeridesLoader.EphemerisType body) Get an IAU pole.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getIAUPole

public static IAUPole getIAUPole(JPLEphemeridesLoader.EphemerisType body)

Get an IAU pole.

Parameters:

body - body for which the pole is requested

Returns:

IAU pole for the body, or dummy EME2000 aligned pole for barycenters