.help ecmat Jun99 "Slalib Package" .nf SUBROUTINE slECMA (DATE, RMAT) - - - - - - E C M A - - - - - - Form the equatorial to ecliptic rotation matrix - IAU 1980 theory (double precision) Given: DATE dp TDB (loosely ET) as Modified Julian Date (JD-2400000.5) Returned: RMAT dp(3,3) matrix Reference: Murray,C.A., Vectorial Astrometry, section 4.3. Note: The matrix is in the sense V(ecl) = RMAT * V(equ); the equator, equinox and ecliptic are mean of date. Called: slDEUL P.T.Wallace Starlink 23 August 1996 Copyright (C) 1996 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. .fi .endhelp