Simon1994PlanetaryPositions

Simon1994PlanetaryPositions()

Contains functions for finding the Cartesian coordinates of the sun and the moon in the Earth-centered inertial frame.

Methods

staticCesium.Simon1994PlanetaryPositions.computeMoonPositionInEarthInertialFrame(julianDate, result)Cartesian3

Computes the position of the Moon in the Earth-centered inertial frame
Name Type Description
julianDate JulianDate optional The time at which to compute the Sun's position, if not provided the current system time is used.
result Cartesian3 optional The object onto which to store the result.
Returns:
Calculated moon position

staticCesium.Simon1994PlanetaryPositions.computeSunPositionInEarthInertialFrame(julianDate, result)Cartesian3

Computes the position of the Sun in the Earth-centered inertial frame
Name Type Description
julianDate JulianDate optional The time at which to compute the Sun's position, if not provided the current system time is used.
result Cartesian3 optional The object onto which to store the result.
Returns:
Calculated sun position