num06a

erfa.num06a(date1, date2)[source]

Form the matrix of nutation for a given date, IAU 2006/2000A model.

Parameters:
date1double array
date2double array
Returns:
rmatndouble array

Notes

Wraps ERFA function eraNum06a. The ERFA documentation is:

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Form the matrix of nutation for a given date, IAU 2006/2000A model.

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

Returned:
   rmatn         double[3][3]    nutation matrix

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 matrix operates in the sense V(true) = rmatn * V(mean), where
   the p-vector V(true) is with respect to the true equatorial triad
   of date and the p-vector V(mean) is with respect to the mean
   equatorial triad of date.

Called:
   eraObl06     mean obliquity, IAU 2006
   eraNut06a    nutation, IAU 2006/2000A
   eraNumat     form nutation matrix

Reference:

   Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac,
   P. Kenneth Seidelmann (ed), University Science Books (1992),
   Section 3.222-3 (p114).

This revision:  2021 May 11

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