Satellite: Brouwer-Lyd Mean Long
Mean Elements considering both the short
period and long-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 |
| 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). |
STK Programming Interface 11.0.1