debian-skyfield/skyfield/precessionlib.py

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from numpy import array, cos, sin
from .constants import ASEC2RAD, T0
def compute_precession(jd_tdb):
"""Return the rotation matrices for precessing to an array of epochs.
`jd_tdb` - array of TDB Julian dates
The array returned has the shape `(3, 3, n)` where `n` is the number
of dates that have been provided as input.
"""
eps0 = 84381.406
# 't' is time in TDB centuries.
t = (jd_tdb - T0) / 36525.0
# Numerical coefficients of psi_a, omega_a, and chi_a, along with
# epsilon_0, the obliquity at J2000.0, are 4-angle formulation from
# Capitaine et al. (2003), eqs. (4), (37), & (39).
psia = ((((- 0.0000000951 * t
+ 0.000132851 ) * t
- 0.00114045 ) * t
- 1.0790069 ) * t
+ 5038.481507 ) * t
omegaa = ((((+ 0.0000003337 * t
- 0.000000467 ) * t
- 0.00772503 ) * t
+ 0.0512623 ) * t
- 0.025754 ) * t + eps0
chia = ((((- 0.0000000560 * t
+ 0.000170663 ) * t
- 0.00121197 ) * t
- 2.3814292 ) * t
+ 10.556403 ) * t
eps0 = eps0 * ASEC2RAD
psia = psia * ASEC2RAD
omegaa = omegaa * ASEC2RAD
chia = chia * ASEC2RAD
sa = sin(eps0)
ca = cos(eps0)
sb = sin(-psia)
cb = cos(-psia)
sc = sin(-omegaa)
cc = cos(-omegaa)
sd = sin(chia)
cd = cos(chia)
# Compute elements of precession rotation matrix equivalent to
# R3(chi_a) R1(-omega_a) R3(-psi_a) R1(epsilon_0).
rot3 = array(((cd * cb - sb * sd * cc,
cd * sb * ca + sd * cc * cb * ca - sa * sd * sc,
cd * sb * sa + sd * cc * cb * sa + ca * sd * sc),
(-sd * cb - sb * cd * cc,
-sd * sb * ca + cd * cc * cb * ca - sa * cd * sc,
-sd * sb * sa + cd * cc * cb * sa + ca * cd * sc),
(sb * sc,
-sc * cb * ca - sa * cc,
-sc * cb * sa + cc * ca)))
return rot3