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/*
Copyright (c) 2015, 2016 Saurav Sachidanand
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
*/
//! The Earth
use coords;
use angle;
use time;
/**
Returns the flattening factor of the Earth
Reference: [World Geodetic System 1984](https://confluence.qps.nl/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=29855173)
**/
/**
Returns the equatorial radius of the Earth *| in kilometers*
Reference: [World Geodetic System 1984](https://confluence.qps.nl/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=29855173)
**/
/**
Returns the polar radius of the Earth *| in kilometers*
Calculated using [`FlatteningFactor()`](./fn.FlatteningFactor.html) and
[`eq_radius()`](./fn.eq_radius.html)
**/
/**
Returns the eccentricity of the Earth's meridian
**/
/**
Computes a low accuracy geodesic distance between two points
on the Earth's surface *| in kilometers*
Assumes that the Earth is a sphere.
# Arguments
* `p1`: `GeographPoint` 1
* `p2`: `GeographPoint` 2
**/
/**
Computes a high accuracy geodesic distance between two points on the Earth's
surface *| in kilometers*
# Arguments
* `p1`: `GeographPoint` 1
* `p2`: `GeographPoint` 2
**/
/**
Computes two quantities that are used elsewhere in the library
# Returns
`Rho` here denotes the distance from the Earth's center to a point
on the ellipsoid, and `Phi` here denotes the geocentric latitude,
both of an observer on the Earth's surface.
`rho_sin_phi, rho_cos_phi`
* `rho_sin_phi`: Rho sin phi
* `rho_cos_phi`: Rho cos phi
# Arguments
* `geograph_lat`: Observer's geographic latitude *| in radians*
* `height` : Observer's height above sea level *(meters)*
**/
/**
Computes the distance from the Earth's center to a point on the
ellipsoid
# Returns
* `rho`: Distance from the Earth's center to the point on the
ellipsoid (*fraction of the equatorial radius*)
# Arguments
* `geograph_lat`: Geographic latitude of a point on the
ellipsoid *| in radians*
**/
/// Returns the rotational angular velocity of the Earth
/// *| in radian per second*
/**
Computes the radius of the parallel of a latitude
# Returns
* `rad`: Radius of the parallel of the latitude
*| in kilometers*
# Arguments
* `geograph_lat`: Geographic latitude of a point
on the ellipsoid *| in radians*
**/
/**
Computes the linear velocity of a point at a latitude
# Returns
* `lin_vel`: Linear velocity at the latitude
(kilometers per second*)
# Arguments
* `geograph_lat`: Geographic latitude of a point on
the ellipsoid *| in radians*
**/
/**
Computes the radius of curvature of the Earth's meridian
at a latitude
# Returns
* `rad`: Radius of curvature of the Earth's meridian at the
latitude *| in kilometers*
# Arguments
* `geograph_lat`: Geographic latitude of a point on the
ellipsoid *| in radians*
**/
/**
Computes the difference between the geographic latitude and
geocentric latitude
# Returns
* `diff`: Geographic latitude minus geocentric latitude
*| in radians*
# Arguments
* `geograph_lat`: Geographic latitude *| in radians*
**/
/**
Computes the equation of time *| in radians*
# Arguments
* `JD` : Julian (Ephemeris) day
* `sun_asc` : Right ascension of the Sun *| in radians*
* `nut_log` : Nutation correction for longitude *| in radians*
* `tru_oblq`: True obliquity of the ecliptic *| in radians*
**/
/**
Computes the angle between diurnal path and the horizon
# Returns
* `angl`: Angle between the diurnal path of a celestial
body and the horizon *| in radians*
# Arguments
* `dec` : Declination of the celestial body
*| in radians*
* `observer_lat`: Observer's geographic latitude
*| in radians*
**/