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| author | Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2015-03-04 21:21:30 -0500 |
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| committer | Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2015-03-04 21:21:30 -0500 |
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diff --git a/src/slalib/sun67.htx/node116.html b/src/slalib/sun67.htx/node116.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5055ecb --- /dev/null +++ b/src/slalib/sun67.htx/node116.html @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 97.1 (release) (July 13th, 1997) + by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds +* revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan +* with significant contributions from: + Jens Lippman, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>SLA_GMSTA - UT to GMST (extra precision)</TITLE> +<META NAME="description" CONTENT="SLA_GMSTA - UT to GMST (extra precision)"> +<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sun67"> +<META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> +<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> +<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso_8859_1"> +<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="sun67.css"> +<LINK REL="next" HREF="node117.html"> +<LINK REL="previous" HREF="node115.html"> +<LINK REL="up" HREF="node13.html"> +<LINK REL="next" HREF="node117.html"> +</HEAD> +<BODY > +<BR> <HR> +<A NAME="tex2html1586" HREF="node117.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next_motif.gif"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html1584" HREF="node13.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up_motif.gif"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html1578" HREF="node115.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="previous_motif.gif"></A> <A HREF="sun67.html#stardoccontents"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" + SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> +<BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1587" HREF="node117.html">SLA_GRESID - Gaussian Residual</A> +<BR> +<B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1585" HREF="node13.html">SUBPROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS</A> +<BR> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1579" HREF="node115.html">SLA_GMST - UT to GMST</A> +<BR> <HR> <P> +<P><!--End of Navigation Panel--> +<H2><A NAME="SECTION0004103000000000000000">SLA_GMSTA - UT to GMST (extra precision)</A> +<A NAME="xref_SLA_GMSTA"> </A><A NAME="SLA_GMSTA"> </A> +</H2> + <DL> +<DT><STRONG>ACTION:</STRONG> +<DD>Conversion from universal time UT1 to Greenwich Mean +sidereal time, with rounding errors minimized. +<P> <DT><STRONG>CALL:</STRONG> +<DD><TT>D = sla_GMSTA (DATE, UT1)</TT> +<P> </DL> +<P> <DL> +<DT><STRONG>GIVEN:</STRONG> +<DD> +<BR> +<TABLE CELLPADDING=3> +<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>DATE</EM></TD> +<TH ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TH> +<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>UT1 date as Modified Julian Date (integer part +of JD-2400000.5)</TD> +</TR> +<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>UT1</EM></TD> +<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TD> +<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>UT1 time (fraction of a day)</TD> +</TR> +</TABLE></DL> +<P> <DL> +<DT><STRONG>RETURNED:</STRONG> +<DD> +<BR> +<TABLE CELLPADDING=3> +<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>sla_GMST</EM></TD> +<TH ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TH> +<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>Greenwich mean sidereal time (radians)</TD> +</TR> +</TABLE></DL> +<P> <DL> +<DT><STRONG>NOTES:</STRONG> +<DD><DL COMPACT> +<DT>1. +<DD>The algorithm is derived from the IAU 1982 expression +(see page S15 of the 1984 Astronomical Almanac). +<DT>2. +<DD>There is no restriction on how the UT is apportioned between the + DATE and UT1 arguments. Either of the two arguments could, for + example, be zero and the entire date+time supplied in the other. + However, the routine is designed to deliver maximum accuracy when + the DATE argument is a whole number and the UT1 argument + lies in the range <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" + SRC="img121.gif" + ALT="$[\,0,\,1\,]$">, or <I>vice versa</I>. + <DT>3. +<DD>See also the routine sla_GMST, which accepts the UT1 as a single + argument. Compared with sla_GMST, the extra numerical precision + delivered by the present routine is unlikely to be important in + an absolute sense, but may be useful when critically comparing + algorithms and in applications where two sidereal times close + together are differenced. + </DL></DL> +<BR> <HR> +<A NAME="tex2html1586" HREF="node117.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next_motif.gif"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html1584" HREF="node13.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up_motif.gif"></A> +<A NAME="tex2html1578" HREF="node115.html"> +<IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="previous_motif.gif"></A> <A HREF="sun67.html#stardoccontents"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" + SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> +<BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1587" HREF="node117.html">SLA_GRESID - Gaussian Residual</A> +<BR> +<B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1585" HREF="node13.html">SUBPROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS</A> +<BR> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1579" HREF="node115.html">SLA_GMST - UT to GMST</A> +<BR> <HR> <P> +<P><!--End of Navigation Panel--> +<ADDRESS> +<I>SLALIB --- Positional Astronomy Library<BR>Starlink User Note 67<BR>P. 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