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SLA_EQECL - J2000
to Ecliptic
ACTION:
Transformation from J2000.0 equatorial coordinates to ecliptic longitude and latitude.
CALL:
CALL sla_EQECL (DR, DD, DATE, DL, DB)
GIVEN:
DR,DD
D
J2000.0 mean
(radians)
DATE
D
TDB (formerly ET) as Modified Julian Date (JD-2400000.5)
RETURNED:
DL,DB
D
ecliptic longitude and latitude (mean of date, IAU 1980 theory, radians)
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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