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NAME

planets(1f) - [FUNIX] ephemeris position of planets for adjusting an equatorial telescope

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Example

SYNOPSIS

planets yyyy mm dd utc hh mm ss [ -planet [N|name] ]

DESCRIPTION

planets(1) calculates the ephemeris of a planet in our solar system
in order to
  adjust an equatorial telescope. See ephemeris(3f) for more details. The outputs are
o Ascent in hours (0 to 24) and minutes (0 to 60)
o Declination in degrees and minutes (-90 to 90 North or South)

OPTIONS

date
  provide the same eight values used by the DATE_AND_TIME(3f) intrinsic.
value(1)
  The year
value(2)
  The month
value(3)
  The day of the month
value(4)
  Time difference with UTC in minutes
value(5)
  The hour of the day
value(6)
  The minutes of the hour
value(7)
  The seconds of the minute
value(8)
  The milliseconds of the second
N|Name
  Planet numbers in range 1 to 8 (Mercury:1 Venus:2 Mars:4 Jupiter:5 Saturn:6 Uranus:7 Neptune:8). If not specified the default is "1 2 4 5 6 7 8".

EXAMPLE

(Find ascent and declination of planet Mars on March 10th, 1982 at 6h UT)

    planets 1982 03 10 00 06 00 00 00  -planet  4

Wednesday, March 10th, 1982 6:00:00 AM UTC+00:00 Planet: 4 Ascent: 13 H 8 MN Declination: 3 D 45 MN S

no planet number(s) specified:

planets 1982 03 10 00 06 00 00 00

     Wednesday, March 10th, 1982 6:00:00 AM UTC+00:00
     Planet: 1  Ascent: 21 H 51 MN  Declination: 14 D 45 MN S
     Planet: 2  Ascent: 20 H 26 MN  Declination: 14 D 57 MN S
     Planet: 4  Ascent: 13 H  8 MN  Declination:  3 D 45 MN S
     Planet: 5  Ascent: 14 H 32 MN  Declination: 13 D 30 MN S
     Planet: 6  Ascent: 13 H 22 MN  Declination:  5 D 42 MN S
     Planet: 7  Ascent: 16 H 11 MN  Declination: 20 D 54 MN S
     Planet: 8  Ascent: 17 H 46 MN  Declination: 22 D  7 MN S


planets (1) March 11, 2021
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