tttdb

erfa.tttdb(tt1, tt2, dtr)[source]

Time scale transformation: Terrestrial Time, TT, to Barycentric Dynamical Time, TDB.

Parameters:
tt1double array
tt2double array
dtrdouble array
Returns:
tdb1double array
tdb2double array

Notes

Wraps ERFA function eraTttdb. The ERFA documentation is:

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Time scale transformation:  Terrestrial Time, TT, to Barycentric
Dynamical Time, TDB.

Given:
   tt1,tt2    double    TT as a 2-part Julian Date
   dtr        double    TDB-TT in seconds

Returned:
   tdb1,tdb2  double    TDB as a 2-part Julian Date

Returned (function value):
              int       status:  0 = OK

Notes:

1) tt1+tt2 is Julian Date, apportioned in any convenient way between
   the two arguments, for example where tt1 is the Julian Day Number
   and tt2 is the fraction of a day.  The returned tdb1,tdb2 follow
   suit.

2) The argument dtr represents the quasi-periodic component of the
   GR transformation between TT and TCB.  It is dependent upon the
   adopted solar-system ephemeris, and can be obtained by numerical
   integration, by interrogating a precomputed time ephemeris or by
   evaluating a model such as that implemented in the ERFA function
   eraDtdb.   The quantity is dominated by an annual term of 1.7 ms
   amplitude.

3) TDB is essentially the same as Teph, the time argument for the JPL
   solar system ephemerides.

References:

   McCarthy, D. D., Petit, G. (eds.), IERS Conventions (2003),
   IERS Technical Note No. 32, BKG (2004)

   IAU 2006 Resolution 3

This revision:  2021 May 11

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Derived, with permission, from the SOFA library.  See notes at end of file.