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+ REAL FUNCTION sla_RVEROT (PHI, RA, DA, ST)
+*+
+* - - - - - - -
+* R V E R O T
+* - - - - - - -
+*
+* Velocity component in a given direction due to Earth rotation
+* (single precision)
+*
+* Given:
+* PHI real latitude of observing station (geodetic)
+* RA,DA real apparent RA,DEC
+* ST real local apparent sidereal time
+*
+* PHI, RA, DEC and ST are all in radians.
+*
+* Result:
+* Component of Earth rotation in direction RA,DA (km/s)
+*
+* Sign convention:
+* The result is +ve when the observatory is receding from the
+* given point on the sky.
+*
+* Accuracy:
+* The simple algorithm used assumes a spherical Earth, of
+* a radius chosen to give results accurate to about 0.0005 km/s
+* for observing stations at typical latitudes and heights. For
+* applications requiring greater precision, use the routine
+* sla_PVOBS.
+*
+* P.T.Wallace Starlink 20 July 1994
+*
+* Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+*-
+
+ IMPLICIT NONE
+
+ REAL PHI,RA,DA,ST
+
+* Nominal mean sidereal speed of Earth equator in km/s (the actual
+* value is about 0.4651)
+ REAL ESPEED
+ PARAMETER (ESPEED=0.4655)
+
+
+ sla_RVEROT=ESPEED*COS(PHI)*SIN(ST-RA)*COS(DA)
+
+ END