ee00b¶

erfa.ee00b(date1, date2)[source]¶

Equation of the equinoxes, compatible with IAU 2000 resolutions but using the truncated nutation model IAU 2000B.

Parameters:

date1double array
date2double array

Returns:

c_retvaldouble array

Notes

Wraps ERFA function eraEe00b. The ERFA documentation is:

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Equation of the equinoxes, compatible with IAU 2000 resolutions but
using the truncated nutation model IAU 2000B.

Given:
   date1,date2  double    TT as a 2-part Julian Date (Note 1)

Returned (function value):
                double    equation of the equinoxes (Note 2)

Notes:

1) The TT date date1+date2 is a Julian Date, apportioned in any
   convenient way between the two arguments.  For example,
   JD(TT)=2450123.7 could be expressed in any of these ways,
   among others:

          date1          date2

       2450123.7           0.0       (JD method)
       2451545.0       -1421.3       (J2000 method)
       2400000.5       50123.2       (MJD method)
       2450123.5           0.2       (date & time method)

   The JD method is the most natural and convenient to use in
   cases where the loss of several decimal digits of resolution
   is acceptable.  The J2000 method is best matched to the way
   the argument is handled internally and will deliver the
   optimum resolution.  The MJD method and the date & time methods
   are both good compromises between resolution and convenience.

2) The result, which is in radians, operates in the following sense:

      Greenwich apparent ST = GMST + equation of the equinoxes

3) The result is compatible with the IAU 2000 resolutions except
   that accuracy has been compromised (1 mas) for the sake of speed.
   For further details, see McCarthy & Luzum (2003), IERS
   Conventions 2003 and Capitaine et al. (2003).

Called:
   eraPr00      IAU 2000 precession adjustments
   eraObl80     mean obliquity, IAU 1980
   eraNut00b    nutation, IAU 2000B
   eraEe00      equation of the equinoxes, IAU 2000

References:

   Capitaine, N., Wallace, P.T. and McCarthy, D.D., "Expressions to
   implement the IAU 2000 definition of UT1", Astronomy &
   Astrophysics, 406, 1135-1149 (2003)

   McCarthy, D.D. & Luzum, B.J., "An abridged model of the
   precession-nutation of the celestial pole", Celestial Mechanics &
   Dynamical Astronomy, 85, 37-49 (2003)

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

This revision:  2021 May 11

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