/************************************************************************** * celestialBody.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 "celestialBody.hxx" #include "star.hxx" #include #ifdef __BORLANDC__ # define exception c_exception #endif #include /************************************************************************** * void CelestialBody::updatePosition(fgTIME *t, Star *ourSun) * * Basically, this member function provides a general interface for * calculating the right ascension and declinaion. This function is * used for calculating the planetary positions. For the planets, an * overloaded member function is provided to additionally calculate the * planet's magnitude. * The sun and moon have their own overloaded updatePosition member, as their * position is calculated an a slightly different manner. * * arguments: * fgTIME t: provides the current time. * Star *ourSun: the sun's position is needed to convert heliocentric * coordinates into geocentric coordinates. * * return value: none * *************************************************************************/ void CelestialBody::updatePosition(fgTIME *t, Star *ourSun) { double eccAnom, v, ecl, actTime, xv, yv, xh, yh, zh, xg, yg, zg, xe, ye, ze; updateOrbElements(t); actTime = fgCalcActTime(t); // calcualate the angle bewteen ecliptic and equatorial coordinate system ecl = DEG_TO_RAD * (23.4393 - 3.563E-7 *actTime); eccAnom = fgCalcEccAnom(M, e); //calculate the eccentric anomaly xv = a * (cos(eccAnom) - e); yv = a * (sqrt (1.0 - e*e) * sin(eccAnom)); v = atan2(yv, xv); // the planet's true anomaly r = sqrt (xv*xv + yv*yv); // the planet's distance // calculate the planet's position in 3D space xh = r * (cos(N) * cos(v+w) - sin(N) * sin(v+w) * cos(i)); yh = r * (sin(N) * cos(v+w) + cos(N) * sin(v+w) * cos(i)); zh = r * (sin(v+w) * sin(i)); // calculate the ecliptic longitude and latitude xg = xh + ourSun->getxs(); yg = yh + ourSun->getys(); zg = zh; xe = xg; ye = yg * cos(ecl) - zg * sin(ecl); ze = yg * sin(ecl) + zg * cos(ecl); rightAscension = atan2(ye, xe); declination = atan2(ze, sqrt(xe*xe + ye*ye)); FG_LOG(FG_GENERAL, FG_INFO, "Planet found at : " << rightAscension << " (ra), " << declination << " (dec)" ); //calculate some variables specific to calculating the magnitude //of the planet R = sqrt (xg*xg + yg*yg + zg*zg); s = ourSun->getDistance(); FV = RAD_TO_DEG * acos( (r*r + R*R - s*s) / (2*r*R)); }; /**************************************************************************** * double CelestialBody::fgCalcEccAnom(double M, double e) * this private member calculates the eccentric anomaly of a celestial body, * given its mean anomaly and eccentricity. * * -Mean anomaly: the approximate angle between the perihelion and the current * position. this angle increases uniformly with time. * * True anomaly: the actual angle between perihelion and current position. * * Eccentric anomaly: this is an auxilary angle, used in calculating the true * anomaly from the mean anomaly. * * -eccentricity. Indicates the amount in which the orbit deviates from a * circle (0 = circle, 0-1, is ellipse, 1 = parabola, > 1 = hyperbola). * * This function is also known as solveKeplersEquation() * * arguments: * M: the mean anomaly * e: the eccentricity * * return value: * the eccentric anomaly * ****************************************************************************/ double CelestialBody::fgCalcEccAnom(double M, double e) { double eccAnom, E0, E1, diff; eccAnom = M + e * sin(M) * (1.0 + e * cos (M)); // iterate to achieve a greater precision for larger eccentricities if (e > 0.05) { E0 = eccAnom; do { E1 = E0 - (E0 - e * sin(E0) - M) / (1 - e *cos(E0)); diff = fabs(E0 - E1); E0 = E1; } while (diff > (DEG_TO_RAD * 0.001)); return E0; } return eccAnom; }