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/**************************************************************************
* star.cxx
* Written by Durk Talsma. Originally started October 1997, for distribution
* with the FlightGear project. Version 2 was written in August and
* September 1998. This code is based upon algorithms and data kindly
* provided by Mr. Paul Schlyter. (pausch@saaf.se).
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
* License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
* $Id$
* (Log is kept at end of this file)
**************************************************************************/
#include "star.hxx"
/*************************************************************************
* Star::Star(fgTIME *t)
* Public constructor for class Star
* Argument: The current time.
* the hard coded orbital elements our sun are passed to
* CelestialBody::CelestialBody();
* note that the word sun is avoided, in order to prevent some compilation
* problems on sun systems
************************************************************************/
Star::Star(fgTIME *t) :
CelestialBody (0.000000, 0.0000000000,
0.0000, 0.00000,
282.9404, 4.7093500E-5,
1.0000000, 0.000000,
0.016709, -1.151E-9,
356.0470, 0.98560025850, t)
{
}
/*************************************************************************
* void Jupiter::updatePosition(fgTIME *t, Star *ourSun)
*
* calculates the current position of our sun.
*************************************************************************/
void Star::updatePosition(fgTIME *t)
{
double
actTime, eccAnom,
xv, yv, v, r,
xe, ye, ze, ecl;
updateOrbElements(t);
actTime = fgCalcActTime(t);
ecl = DEG_TO_RAD * (23.4393 - 3.563E-7 * actTime); // Angle in Radians
eccAnom = fgCalcEccAnom(M, e); // Calculate the eccentric Anomaly (also known as solving Kepler's equation)
xv = cos(eccAnom) - e;
yv = sqrt (1.0 - e*e) * sin(eccAnom);
v = atan2 (yv, xv); // the sun's true anomaly
r = sqrt (xv*xv + yv*yv); // and its distance
longitude = v + w; // the sun's true longitude
// convert the sun's true longitude to ecliptic rectangular
// geocentric coordinates (xs, ys)
xs = r * cos (longitude);
ys = r * sin (longitude);
// convert ecliptic coordinates to equatorial rectangular
// geocentric coordinates
xe = xs;
ye = ys * cos (ecl);
ze = ys * sin (ecl);
// And finally, calculate right ascension and declination
rightAscension = atan2 (ye, xe);
declination = atan2 (ze, sqrt (xe*xe + ye*ye));
}