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Fundamental argument, IERS Conventions (2003): mean longitude of Mercury.

Parameters:

tdouble array

Returns:

c_retvaldouble array

Notes

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Fundamental argument, IERS Conventions (2003):
mean longitude of Mercury.

Given:
   t     double    TDB, Julian centuries since J2000.0 (Note 1)

Returned (function value):
         double    mean longitude of Mercury, radians (Note 2)

Notes:

1) Though t is strictly TDB, it is usually more convenient to use
   TT, which makes no significant difference.

2) The expression used is as adopted in IERS Conventions (2003) and
   comes from Souchay et al. (1999) after Simon et al. (1994).

References:

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

   Simon, J.-L., Bretagnon, P., Chapront, J., Chapront-Touze, M.,
   Francou, G., Laskar, J. 1994, Astron.Astrophys. 282, 663-683

   Souchay, J., Loysel, B., Kinoshita, H., Folgueira, M. 1999,
   Astron.Astrophys.Supp.Ser. 135, 111

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