//Returns whether a has an ascending node with b. This can be false
//if a is hyperbolic and the would-be ascending node is within the opening
//angle of the hyperbola.
public static bool AscendingNodeExists(this Orbit a, Orbit b)
{
return Math.Abs(MuUtils.ClampDegrees180(a.AscendingNodeTrueAnomaly(b))) <= a.MaximumTrueAnomaly();
}
//Returns the next time at which a will cross its ascending node with b.
//For elliptical orbits this is a time between UT and UT + a.period.
//For hyperbolic orbits this can be any time, including a time in the past if
//the ascending node is in the past.
//NOTE: this function will throw an ArgumentException if a is a hyperbolic orbit and the "ascending node"
//occurs at a true anomaly that a does not actually ever attain
public static double TimeOfAscendingNode(this Orbit a, Orbit b, double UT)
{
return a.TimeOfTrueAnomaly(a.AscendingNodeTrueAnomaly(b), UT);
}
//Gives the true anomaly (in a's orbit) at which a crosses its descending node
//with b's orbit.
//The returned value is always between 0 and 360.
public static double DescendingNodeTrueAnomaly(this Orbit a, Orbit b)
{
return MuUtils.ClampDegrees360(a.AscendingNodeTrueAnomaly(b) + 180);
}