/************************************************************************** * 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)); }