GASTime:

Path: SC/Ephem

% Compute Greenwich apparent sidereal time. 
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   Form:
   gAST = GASTime( jD, eOfECalc )
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   Inputs
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   jD          (1,1) Julian date
   eOfECalc    (1,1) Calculate the equation of the equinoxes

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   Outputs
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   gAST        (1,1) Earth angle for JD

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   References:   Seidelmann, P. K., The Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical
                 Almanac, University Science Books, 1992, p. 20.
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Children:

Common: Time/JD2T
SC: Ephem/EOfE
SC: Ephem/GMSTime

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