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SLA_PVOBS - Observatory Position & Velocity
ACTION:
Position and velocity of an observing station.
CALL:
CALL sla_PVOBS (P, H, STL, PV)
GIVEN:
P
D
latitude (geodetic, radians)
H
D
height above reference spheroid (geodetic, metres)
STL
D
local apparent sidereal time (radians)
RETURNED:
PV
D(6)
(AU, AU s
-1
, true equator and equinox of date)
NOTE:
IAU 1976 constants are used.
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SLALIB --- Positional Astronomy Library
Starlink User Note 67
P. T. Wallace
12 October 1999
E-mail:ptw@star.rl.ac.uk