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% Compute Julian Dates for times when two planets are closest. Oppositions for Mars and Earth 2012 Mar 3 20:04 2014 Apr 8 20:57 2016 May 22 11:11 2018 Jul 27 05:07 2020 Oct 13 23:20 Type PlanetOpposition for a demo recreating this table. This function utilizes the almanac functions Planet and SolarSys. Note that the dates are off by 17 days due to the ephemeris errors. Since version 2014.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: c = PlanetOpposition( planets, jDStart, n ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ planets [1,2] Planet numbers jDStart (1,1) Julian date of start (Julian Days) n (1,1) Number of oppositions ------- Outputs ------- c (1,:) Oppositions (Julian Days) --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common: Database/Constant Common: Time/Date2JD Common: Time/JD2T Common: Time/JDToDateString Math: Linear/Unit Orbit: OrbitMechanics/SynPer SC: BasicOrbit/Period SC: Ephem/Planets SC: Ephem/SolarSys
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