Aircraft: Astrogator Values: Delaunay Elems
A set of canonical angle-action
variables commonly used in general perturbation theories. An orbit
is defined by a set of conjugate angle-action pairs.
| Name |
Dimension |
Type |
Description |
| Time |
DateFormat |
Real Number |
Time. |
| Delaunay_G |
Area Rate |
Real Number |
The magnitude of the orbital angular momentum: sqrt
(GM * p) |
| Delaunay_H |
Area Rate |
Real Number |
The Z component of the orbital angular momentum: G
cos(inc) |
| Delaunay_L |
Area Rate |
Real Number |
sqrt (GM * a) |
| Semi-latus_Rectum |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The distance from focus to orbit at true anomaly of
90 degrees. |
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