MoonCentralBody Constructor

You should generally obtain an instance of this class from the CentralBodiesFacet instance in the calculation context instead of creating one directly.

Examples

MoonCentralBody moon = CentralBodiesFacet.GetFromContext().Moon;

A default-constructed instance of MoonCentralBody has the following characteristics:

• The CenterOfMassPoint is defined by Moon. Consider using UseForCentralBodyPositions(CentralBodiesFacet) to configure this and other central bodies with a much more accurate model of their positions using JPL DE data.
• The Shape is spherical by default using Iau2000MeanLunarRadius.
• The InertialFrame uses the CentralBodyInertialAxes with the ComputeMoon(JulianDate) orientation function.
• Both the FixedFrame and PrincipalFrame use the IAU/IAG working group 2006 report. See Iau2006Orientation for additional details on this orientation information. It is also possible to use JPL DE data for topographic features using GetMoonTopographicFixedFrame as the FixedFrame and the basis for the gravity field using GetMoonFixedFrame as the PrincipalFrame. This method works for any of the other JPL DE sets that provide these methods, such as JplDE421.

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