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% Generate the sun vector in the earth-centered inertial frame. Low precision formula. Will output the distance to the sun from the earth if two output arguments are given. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [u, r] = SunV1( jD, rSc ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ jD (1,:) Julian date rSc (3,:) Spacecraft vector in the ECI frame (km) ------- Outputs ------- u (3,:) Unit sun vector (vector TO the sun) r (1,:) Distance from origin to sun (km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: The 1993 Astronomical Almanac, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. C24. The 2015 Astronomical Almanac, p. C5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common: Time/Date2JD Math: Linear/Mag Math: Linear/Unit Math: Trigonometry/CosD Math: Trigonometry/SinD
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