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11.2 Astronomy and Calendars

These routines do astronomical or calendrical calculations.

astron

To calculate the position and position-dependent characteristics of the Sun and the planets Mercury through Neptune.

calendar

To convert between various calendars.

date_from_tai

To convert TAI seconds to a time string.

easterdate

To calculate the date of Easter.

readorbits

To read auxilliary orbital data.

showorbits

To display auxilliary orbital data.

solar_b

To calculate the solar B angle as seen from the Earth.

solar_l

To calculate the Carrington longitude at the solar prime meridian as seen from the Earth.

solar_p

To calculate the solar P angle as seen from the Earth.

solar_r

To calculate the apparent angular solar radius as seen from the Earth.

sun_b

To calculate the solar B angle as seen from the Earth.

sun_d

To calculate the solar D angle as seen from the Earth.

sun_p

To calculate the solar P angle as seen from the Earth.

sun_r

To calculate the solar radius as seen from the Earth.

tai_from_date

To transform a date to TAI seconds.

See also: calendar