diff --git a/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/earth-orb-all.xml b/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/earth-orb-all.xml index 7958c37..03d2825 100644 --- a/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/earth-orb-all.xml +++ b/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/earth-orb-all.xml @@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ <ResourceHeader> <ResourceName>Earth</ResourceName> <ReleaseDate>2015-10-14T11:46:29Z</ReleaseDate> - <Description/> + <Description> Heliocentric Inertial (HCI) Frame : + * The solar rotation axis is the primary vector: the Z axis points in the solar north direction; + * The solar ascending node on the ecliptic of J2000 forms the X axis. + * The Y axis is Z cross X, completing the right-handed reference frame. + Solar longitude (Ls) : + * The solar longitude Ls is the Planet-Sun angle, measured from the Northern Hemisphere spring equinox where Ls=0. +Ls=90 thus corresponds to northern summer solstice, just as Ls=180 marks the northern autumn equinox and Ls=270 the northern winter solstice.</Description> <Contact> <PersonID>spase://CDPP/Person/NAIF</PersonID> <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role> diff --git a/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/mercury-orb-all.xml b/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/mercury-orb-all.xml index 0a02020..5437b2a 100644 --- a/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/mercury-orb-all.xml +++ b/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/mercury-orb-all.xml @@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ <ResourceHeader> <ResourceName>Mercury</ResourceName> <ReleaseDate>2015-10-14T11:46:29Z</ReleaseDate> - <Description/> + <Description> * The solar rotation axis is the primary vector: the Z axis points in the solar north direction; + * The solar ascending node on the ecliptic of J2000 forms the X axis. + * The Y axis is Z cross X, completing the right-handed reference frame. + Heliocentric Earth Ecliptic (HEE) Frame : + * The position of the earth relative to the sun is the primary vector: the X axis points from the sun to the earth. + * The northern surface normal to the mean ecliptic of date is the secondary vector: the Z axis is the component of this vector orthogonal to the X axis. + * The Y axis is Z cross X, completing the right-handed reference frame. + Solar longitude (Ls) : + * The solar longitude Ls is the Planet-Sun angle, measured from the Northern Hemisphere spring equinox where Ls=0. +Ls=90 thus corresponds to northern summer solstice, just as Ls=180 marks the northern autumn equinox and Ls=270 the northern winter solstice.</Description> <Contact> <PersonID>spase://CDPP/Person/NAIF</PersonID> <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role> @@ -108,30 +117,42 @@ <Support> <SupportQuantity>Positional</SupportQuantity> </Support> - </Parameter> + </Parameter> <Parameter> - <Name>longitude IAU_sun</Name> - <ParameterKey>mercury_sol_lon</ParameterKey> + <Name>latitude HCI</Name> + <ParameterKey>mercury_hci_lat</ParameterKey> <Ucd/> - <Units>rad</Units> - <Support> - <SupportQuantity>Positional</SupportQuantity> - </Support> + <Units>deg</Units> </Parameter> <Parameter> + <Name>longitude HCI</Name> + <ParameterKey>mercury_hci_lon</ParameterKey> + <Ucd/> + <Units>deg</Units> + </Parameter> + <Parameter> <Name>latitude IAU_sun</Name> <ParameterKey>mercury_sol_lat</ParameterKey> <Ucd/> - <Units>rad</Units> + <Units>deg</Units> <Support> <SupportQuantity>Positional</SupportQuantity> </Support> </Parameter> + <Parameter> + <Name>longitude IAU_sun</Name> + <ParameterKey>mercury_sol_lon</ParameterKey> + <Ucd/> + <Units>deg</Units> + <Support> + <SupportQuantity>Positional</SupportQuantity> + </Support> + </Parameter> <Parameter> <Name>solar longitude (Ls)</Name> <ParameterKey>mercury_sol_ls</ParameterKey> <Ucd/> - <Units>rad</Units> + <Units>deg</Units> <Support> <SupportQuantity>Positional</SupportQuantity> </Support> diff --git a/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/saturn-orb-all.xml b/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/saturn-orb-all.xml index 33e8597..afb7880 100644 --- a/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/saturn-orb-all.xml +++ b/NumericalData/AMDA/Ephemerides/saturn-orb-all.xml @@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ <ResourceHeader> <ResourceName>Saturn</ResourceName> <ReleaseDate>2015-10-14T11:46:29Z</ReleaseDate> - <Description/> + <Description> + Heliocentric Inertial (HCI) Frame : + * The solar rotation axis is the primary vector: the Z axis points in the solar north direction; + * The solar ascending node on the ecliptic of J2000 forms the X axis. + * The Y axis is Z cross X, completing the right-handed reference frame. + Heliocentric Earth Ecliptic (HEE) Frame : + * The position of the earth relative to the sun is the primary vector: the X axis points from the sun to the earth. + * The northern surface normal to the mean ecliptic of date is the secondary vector: the Z axis is the component of this vector orthogonal to the X axis. + * The Y axis is Z cross X, completing the right-handed reference frame. + Solar longitude (Ls) : + * The solar longitude Ls is the Planet-Sun angle, measured from the Northern Hemisphere spring equinox where Ls=0. +Ls=90 thus corresponds to northern summer solstice, just as Ls=180 marks the northern autumn equinox and Ls=270 the northern winter solstice. + </Description> <Contact> <PersonID>spase://CDPP/Person/NAIF</PersonID> <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role> -- libgit2 0.21.2