Пример #1
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 //Returns whether o has an ascending node with the equator. This can be false
 //if o is hyperbolic and the would-be ascending node is within the opening
 //angle of the hyperbola.
 public static bool AscendingNodeEquatorialExists(this Orbit o)
 {
     return Math.Abs(MuUtils.ClampDegrees180(o.AscendingNodeEquatorialTrueAnomaly())) <= o.MaximumTrueAnomaly();
 }
Пример #2
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 //Returns the next time at which the orbiting object will cross the equator
 //moving northward, if o is east-moving, or southward, if o is west-moving. 
 //For elliptical orbits this is a time between UT and UT + o.period.
 //For hyperbolic orbits this can by any time, including a time in the past if the 
 //ascending node is in the past.
 //NOTE: this function will throw an ArgumentException if o is a hyperbolic orbit and the
 //"ascending node" occurs at a true anomaly that o does not actually ever attain.
 public static double TimeOfAscendingNodeEquatorial(this Orbit o, double UT)
 {
     return o.TimeOfTrueAnomaly(o.AscendingNodeEquatorialTrueAnomaly(), UT);
 }
Пример #3
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 //Gives the true anomaly at which o crosses the equator going southwards, if o is east-moving,
 //or northwards, if o is west-moving.
 //The returned value is always between 0 and 360.
 public static double DescendingNodeEquatorialTrueAnomaly(this Orbit o)
 {
     return MuUtils.ClampDegrees360(o.AscendingNodeEquatorialTrueAnomaly() + 180);
 }