Пример #1
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 //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();
 }
Пример #2
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 //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);
 }
Пример #3
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 //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);
 }