GASTime:

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% Compute Greenwich apparent sidereal time. 
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   Form:
   gAST = GASTime( jD, eOfECalc )
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   Inputs
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   jD          (1,1) Julian date
   eOfECalc    (1,1) Calculate the equation of the equinoxes

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   Outputs
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   gAST        (1,1) Earth angle for JD

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   References:   Seidelmann, P. K., The Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical
                 Almanac, University Science Books, 1992, p. 20.
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Children:

SC: Ephem/EOfE
SC: Ephem/GMSTime
SC: Ephem/MSidDay
SC: Ephem/NutDelta
SC: Ephem/ObOfE
Common: Time/DTSToDTA
Common: Time/Date2JD
Common: Time/JD2000
Common: Time/JD2T
Common: Time/JDToMidnight
Math: MathUtils/R2P5
Math: Trigonometry/CosD
Math: Trigonometry/SinD

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