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 |
| 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). |
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