AstronomyFundamentals Class

Encapsulates astronomical fundamentals used by the SunObservation and MoonObservation classes.

Definition

Namespace: InnerDrive.Geography
Assembly: InnerDrive.Geography (in InnerDrive.Geography.dll) Version: 5.2.9017.0
C#
public static class AstronomyFundamentals
Inheritance
Object    AstronomyFundamentals

Methods

EarthChordCircumference Gets the chord circumference of the earth along a line of latitude.
FigureTransitTime Gets the transit time implied by a DateRange.
LocalOffsetDays Gets the fundamental value of the longitude value's position in time relative to JulianBaseDate.

Fields

EarthCircumferenceGets the average circumference of the earth in meters.
EarthRadiusGets the average radius of the earth in meters.
JulianBaseDateGets the current astronomical era's base Julian day number.
MinutesInDayGets the number of minutes in a day.
MoonOrbitalPeriodGets the number of days it takes for the moon to make one apparent orbit around the earth.
MoonPhaseJulianBaseDateGets the base date for calculating moon phases.
PiRadiansGets the number of radians in a semicircle.
RadiansPerDegreeGets the number of radians in one degree.
SecondsInDayGets the number of seconds in a day.

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