EME2000Provider.java

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package org.orekit.frames;

import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.euclidean.threed.Rotation;
import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.euclidean.threed.Vector3D;
import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.utils.Constants;

/** EME2000 frame : mean equator at J2000.0.
 * <p>This frame was the standard inertial reference prior to GCRF. It was defined
 * using Lieske precession-nutation model for Earth. This frame has been superseded
 * by GCRF which is implicitly defined from a few hundred quasars coordinates.<p>
 * <p>The transformation between GCRF and EME2000 is a constant rotation bias.</p>
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 */
class EME2000Provider extends FixedTransformProvider {

    /** Serializable UID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6134137187835219727L;

    /** Obliquity of the ecliptic. */
    private static final double EPSILON_0 = 84381.448 * Constants.ARC_SECONDS_TO_RADIANS;

    /** Bias in longitude. */
    private static final double D_PSI_B = -0.041775 * Constants.ARC_SECONDS_TO_RADIANS;

    /** Bias in obliquity. */
    private static final double D_EPSILON_B = -0.0068192 * Constants.ARC_SECONDS_TO_RADIANS;

    /** Right Ascension of the 2000 equinox in ICRS frame. */
    private static final double ALPHA_0 = -0.0146 * Constants.ARC_SECONDS_TO_RADIANS;

    /** Simple constructor.
     */
    protected EME2000Provider() {

        // build the bias transform
        super(new Transform(AbsoluteDate.J2000_EPOCH,
                            new Rotation(Vector3D.PLUS_I, D_EPSILON_B).
                            applyTo(new Rotation(Vector3D.PLUS_J, -D_PSI_B * FastMath.sin(EPSILON_0)).
                                    applyTo(new Rotation(Vector3D.PLUS_K, -ALPHA_0)))));

    }

}