Package org.orekit.orbits

Class EquinoctialParametersConverter

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.orbits.EquinoctialParametersConverter

public class EquinoctialParametersConverter
extends Object

Class for converting between equinoctial elements and Cartesian coordinates.

Since:

14.0

Author:

Romain Serra

See Also:

• EquinoctialParameters

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EquinoctialParametersConverter(double mu)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PVCoordinates	toCartesian(EquinoctialParameters elements)	Convert equinoctial elements to Cartesian coordinates.
EquinoctialParameters	toParameters(PVCoordinates cartesian, PositionAngleType positionAngleType)	Convert Cartesian coordinates to equinoctial elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

EquinoctialParametersConverter

public EquinoctialParametersConverter(double mu)

Constructor.

Parameters:

mu - central body gravitational parameter

Method Details

toParameters

public EquinoctialParameters toParameters(PVCoordinates cartesian,
 PositionAngleType positionAngleType)

Convert Cartesian coordinates to equinoctial elements.

Parameters:

cartesian - position and velocity in inertial frame

positionAngleType - type of position angle to use

Returns:

equinoctial elements

toCartesian

public PVCoordinates toCartesian(EquinoctialParameters elements)

Convert equinoctial elements to Cartesian coordinates.

Parameters:

elements - equinoctial elements

Returns:

position and velocity in inertial frame