Package: galisats 2.2.0

galisats: Configuration of Jupiter's Four Largest Satellites

Calculate, plot and animate the configuration of Jupiter's four largest satellites (known as Galilean satellites) for a given date and time (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time). The galsat() function returns numerical values of the satellites’ positions. x – the apparent rectangular coordinate of the satellite with respect to the center of Jupiter’s disk in the equatorial plane in the units of Jupiter’s equatorial radius; X is positive toward the west, y – the apparent rectangular coordinate of the satellite with respect to the center of Jupiter’s disk from the equatorial plane in the units of Jupiter’s equatorial radius; Y is positive toward the north. For more details see Meeus (1988, ISBN 0-943396-22-0) "Astronomical Formulae for Calculators". The galsat_animate() function creates an animation of the Galilean satellites' positions. You provide the starting time, duration, the time step between frames, and the pause between frames. The function delta_t() returns the value of delta-T in units of seconds.

Authors:Lech Jaszowski [aut, cre, cph]