Description:
The IAU 2006
precession matrix from ep0 to ep1 is found and returned. The matrix is in the sense V(EP1) = RMATP
V(EP0). The epochs are TDB (loosely TT) Julian epochs.
Though the matrix method itself is rigorous, the precession angles are expressed through canonical
polynomials which are valid only for a limited time span of a few hundred years around the current
epoch.
Invocation
palPrec( double ep0, double ep1, double rmatp[3][3] )
Arguments
ep0
= double (Given)
Beginning epoch
ep1 = double (Given)
Ending epoch
rmatp = double[3][3]
(Returned)
Precession matrix
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Copyright © 2014 Cornell University.
Copyright © 2015 Tim Jenness