Package org.orekit.bodies

Interface CelestialBodies

All Known Implementing Classes:

LazyLoadedCelestialBodies

public interface CelestialBodies

Commonly used celestial bodies. This interface defines methods for obtaining intances of the commonly used celestial bodies.

Since:

10.1

Author:

Luc Maisonobe, Evan Ward

See Also:

CelestialBodyFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CelestialBody	getBody(String name)	Get a celestial body.
CelestialBody	getEarth()	Get the Earth singleton body.
CelestialBody	getEarthMoonBarycenter()	Get the Earth-Moon barycenter singleton bodies pair.
CelestialBody	getJupiter()	Get the Jupiter singleton body.
CelestialBody	getMars()	Get the Mars singleton body.
CelestialBody	getMercury()	Get the Mercury singleton body.
CelestialBody	getMoon()	Get the Moon singleton body.
CelestialBody	getNeptune()	Get the Neptune singleton body.
CelestialBody	getPluto()	Get the Pluto singleton body.
CelestialBody	getSaturn()	Get the Saturn singleton body.
CelestialBody	getSolarSystemBarycenter()	Get the solar system barycenter aggregated body.
CelestialBody	getSun()	Get the Sun singleton body.
CelestialBody	getUranus()	Get the Uranus singleton body.
CelestialBody	getVenus()	Get the Venus singleton body.

Method Detail

getSolarSystemBarycenter

CelestialBody getSolarSystemBarycenter()

Get the solar system barycenter aggregated body.

Both the inertially oriented frame and body oriented frame for this aggregated body are aligned with ICRF (and therefore also GCRF)

Returns:

solar system barycenter aggregated body

getSun

CelestialBody getSun()

Get the Sun singleton body.

Returns:

Sun body

getMercury

CelestialBody getMercury()

Get the Mercury singleton body.

Returns:

Sun body

getVenus

CelestialBody getVenus()

Get the Venus singleton body.

Returns:

Venus body

getEarthMoonBarycenter

CelestialBody getEarthMoonBarycenter()

Get the Earth-Moon barycenter singleton bodies pair.

Both the inertially oriented frame and body oriented frame for this bodies pair are aligned with ICRF (and therefore also GCRF)

Returns:

Earth-Moon barycenter bodies pair

getEarth

CelestialBody getEarth()

Get the Earth singleton body.

Returns:

Earth body

getMoon

CelestialBody getMoon()

Get the Moon singleton body.

Returns:

Moon body

getMars

CelestialBody getMars()

Get the Mars singleton body.

Returns:

Mars body

getJupiter

CelestialBody getJupiter()

Get the Jupiter singleton body.

Returns:

Jupiter body

getSaturn

CelestialBody getSaturn()

Get the Saturn singleton body.

Returns:

Saturn body

getUranus

CelestialBody getUranus()

Get the Uranus singleton body.

Returns:

Uranus body

getNeptune

CelestialBody getNeptune()

Get the Neptune singleton body.

Returns:

Neptune body

getPluto

CelestialBody getPluto()

Get the Pluto singleton body.

Returns:

Pluto body

getBody

CelestialBody getBody(String name)

Get a celestial body. The names of the common bodies are defined as constants in CelestialBodyFactory.

Parameters:

name - name of the celestial body

Returns:

celestial body