Planes(J2000) Variants | Data Provider Groups | Data Provider Elements

Planes(J2000)

Reports the selected plane and its velocity in the sun's J2000 coordinate system. The plane must be defined in the Vector Geometry Tool.

Data Provider Variant: Planet

Available for these objects: Planet

Type: Time-varying data.

Availability: Reports | Graphs | Dynamic Displays | Strip Charts

Data Provider Groups

Any Plane component owned by the object is available for use, including user defined ones. Use the Analysis Workbench listing or the Report Manager->Report Content Properties tool to determine the actual set of components that can be used for a specific object.

Data Provider Elements

Name	Dimension	Type	Description
Time	Date	Real Number or Text	Time.
Reference x	Distance	Real Number	First component of the displacement vector that locates the center of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the displacement vector onto the x-axis of the reference coordinate system.
Reference y	Distance	Real Number	Second component of the displacement vector that locates the center of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the displacement vector onto the y-axis of the reference coordinate system.
Reference z	Distance	Real Number	Third component of the displacement vector that locates the center of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the displacement vector onto the z-axis of the reference coordinate system.
Magnitude	Distance	Real Number	Magnitude of the displacement vector that locates the center of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system.
Normal x	Unitless	Real Number	First component of the unit vector along the normal to the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the x-axis of the reference coordinate system.
Normal y	Unitless	Real Number	Second component of the unit vector along the normal to the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the y-axis of the reference coordinate system.
Normal z	Unitless	Real Number	Third component of the unit vector along the normal to the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the z-axis of the reference coordinate system.
1-Axis x	Unitless	Real Number	First component of the unit vector along the first axis of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the x-axis of the reference coordinate system.
1-Axis y	Unitless	Real Number	Second component of the unit vector along the first axis of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the y-axis of the reference coordinate system.
1-Axis z	Unitless	Real Number	Third component of the unit vector along the first axis of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the z-axis of the reference coordinate system.
1-Axis Label	Unitless	Text	Label name for the first axis of the selected plane.
2-Axis x	Unitless	Real Number	First component of the unit vector along the second axis of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the x-axis of the reference coordinate system.
2-Axis y	Unitless	Real Number	Second component of the unit vector along the second axis of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the y-axis of the reference coordinate system.
2-Axis z	Unitless	Real Number	Third component of the unit vector along the second axis of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system. Defines projection of the unit vector onto the z-axis of the reference coordinate system.
2-Axis Label	Unitless	Text	Label name for the second axis of the selected plane.
Orientation q1	Unitless	Real Number	First element of quaternion (and of its vector part) representing orientation of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system.
Orientation q2	Unitless	Real Number	Second element of quaternion (and of its vector part) representing orientation of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system.
Orientation q3	Unitless	Real Number	Third element of quaternion (and of its vector part) representing orientation of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system.
Orientation q4	Unitless	Real Number	Fourth element of quaternion (its scalar part) representing orientation of the selected plane in the reference coordinate system.