Path: Orbit/Interplanetary
% Compute the phase angle in the ecliptic plane of a given planet at jD. Uses PlanetPosJPL. Since version 2014.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: theta = PlanetHelioPhase( kPlanet, jD ); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ kPlanet (1,1) Index of planet (e.g. 3 is Earth) jD (1,1) Julian date ------- Outputs ------- theta (1,1) Phase angle of planet in x-y (ecliptic) plane --------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC: Ephem/CEcl2Eq SC: Ephem/InterpolateState SC: Ephem/PlanetPosJPL SC: SCData/bin2000 Common: Time/DTSToDTA Common: Time/Date2JD Common: Time/JD2000
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