Satellite: Brouwer-Lyd Mean Short
Mean Elements considering just the short period terms from the Brouwer-Lyddane theory.
Included perturbations are the J2, J3, J4 and J5 zonal harmonics including terms involving J2^2.
These elements are not time averages of the osculating values, but are the results of a specific
averaging procedure defined by the theory. In the Brouwer theory, a variation of Delaunay elements
are averaged and are therefore the actual mean elements. Other "mean" elements are derived using
of osculating orbit element conversions on the computed mean elements. Mean elements are computed
in the selected reference frames by first transforming the osculating state to the selected frame
then applying the mean element conversion.
The available coordinate systems depend on the object's central body.
Nominally, the systems Fixed, Inertial, J2000, TrueOfDate, and MeanOfDate
are supported, although some central bodies (notably the Earth and Sun) have more.
The following lists the systems available for Earth.
Type: Time-varying data
Availability: Reports | Graphs | Dynamic Displays | Strip Charts
Name | Description |
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ICRF | Earth's attitude expressed with respect to the ICRF frame. |
MeanOfDate | The mean equator mean equinox coordinate system evaluated at the requested time. |
MeanOfEpoch | The mean equator mean equinox coordinate system evaluated at the epoch of the object. |
TrueOfDate | The true equator true equinox coordinate system evaluated at the requested time. |
TrueOfEpoch | The true equator true equinox coordinate system evaluated at the epoch of the object. |
B1950 | The mean equator mean equinox coordinate system evaluated at the beginning of the Besselian year 1950 (31 December 1949 22:09:46.866 = JD 2433282.4234591). |
TEMEOfEpoch | The true equator mean equinox coordinate system evaluated at the epoch of the object. |
TEMEOfDate | The true equator mean equinox coordinate system evaluated at the requested time. |
AlignmentAtEpoch | The non-rotating coordinate system coincident with the Fixed system evaluated at the object's coordinate reference epoch. |
J2000 | The mean equator mean equinox coordinate system evaluated at the J2000.0 epoch (2000 January 1.5 = JD 2451545.0 TDB). |