GimbalOrbit Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	GimbalOrbit (double distance, double longitude, double latitude)
	Constructor. More...
void	positionAtTimevInVSOP87Coordinates (double JDE, double *v) override
	Compute position for a (unused) Julian day.
double	getSemimajorAxis () const override
	Returns (pseudo) semimajor axis [AU] of a circular "orbit", i.e., distance.
void	setMinDistance (double dist)
	Set minimum distance for observers (may depend on central object)
double	getLongitude () const
	Retrieve observer's longitude in degrees.
double	getLatitude () const
	Retrieve observer's latitude in degrees.
double	getDistance () const
	Retrieve observer's distance in AU.
void	setLongitude (const double lng)
	Set observer's longitude in degrees.
void	setLatitude (const double lat)
	Set observer's latitude in degrees.
void	setDistance (const double dist)
	Set observer's distance in AU.
void	addToLongitude (const double dlong)
	Incrementally change longitude by. More...
void	addToLatitude (const double dlat)
	Incrementally change latitude by. More...
void	addToDistance (const double ddist)
	Incrementally change distance by. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Orbit
virtual Vec3d	getVelocity () const
	return speed value [AU/d]. (zero in the base class)
virtual void	getVelocity (double *vel) const
	write speed value [AU/d] into first 3 elements of vel. (zero in the base class)
virtual double	getEccentricity () const
	return orbit eccentricity. (zero in the base class)
void	setParentOrientation (const double parentRotObliquity, const double parentRotAscendingNode, const double parentRotJ2000Longitude)
	For planet moons which have orbits given in relation to their parent planet's equator. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from Orbit
double	rotateToVsop87 [9]

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GimbalOrbit()

GimbalOrbit::GimbalOrbit	(	double	distance,
		double	longitude,
		double	latitude
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

distance	in AU,
longitude	in radians,
latitude	in radians.

Member Function Documentation

addToDistance()

void GimbalOrbit::addToDistance ( const double  ddist )

inline

Incrementally change distance by.

Parameters

ddist

AU. Clamped to minDistance...50 AU.

addToLatitude()

void GimbalOrbit::addToLatitude

(

const double

dlat

)

Incrementally change latitude by.

Parameters

dlat	degrees. Clamped to |lat|<(90-delta) with a small delta at the poles.

addToLongitude()

void GimbalOrbit::addToLongitude ( const double  dlong )

inline

Incrementally change longitude by.

Parameters

dlong

degrees