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

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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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