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% Computes the Julian Date from the day number and year.
January 1 is day 1.
If no arguments are given it returns the current Julian date.
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Form:
jD = DN2JD( dN, year )
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Inputs
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dN (1,1) Day number
year (1,1) Year
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Outputs
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jD (1,1) Julian date
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References: Montenbruck, O., T.Pfleger, Astronomy on the Personal
Computer, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991, p. 12.
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Common: Time/DTSToDTA Common: Time/Date2JD
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