Introduce Astrometric position for planets#129
Merged
rhannequin merged 2 commits intomainfrom Feb 17, 2025
Merged
Conversation
Merged
rhannequin
added a commit
that referenced
this pull request
May 12, 2025
## 0.7.0 - 2025-05-12 _If you are upgrading: please see [UPGRADING.md]._ ### Bug fixes * Fix Moon monthly phase events calculation by @valeriy-sokoloff in ([#124]) ### Features * Add `Instant` value object ([#121]) * Introduce barycentric position of Solar System major bodies ([#127]) * Introduce Astrometric position for planets ([#129]) * Rename Barycentric into Geometric ([#130]) * Rename IRCF and remove module Position ([#131]) * Geometric and Astrometric reference frames with coordinates ([#132]) * Ecliptic coordinates for Geometric and Astrometric reference frames ([#134]) * Add Geometric and Astrometric positions for `Sun` and `Moon` ([#135]) * Implement new aberration correction ([#136]) * Precession matrix for 2006 P03 model ([#137]) * Introduce `MeanOfDate` reference frame ([#138]) * New nutation model ([#141]) * Light deflection correction ([#142]) * Introduce `Apparent` reference frame ([#143]) * Introduce `Topocentric` reference frame ([#145]) * Improve Vector integration with value objects ([#146]) * Handle refracted topocentric horizontal coordinates ([#147]) * Add `#angular_diameter` to apparent and topocentric reference frames ([#149]) * Introduce new calculator for rising, transit and setting times ([#148]) * Clean code after Ephem refactoring ([#152]) * Improve `RisingTransitSettingEventsCalculator` ([#155]) * Simplify `RisingTransitSettingEventsCalculator` ([#156]) * Lazy-load reference frames ([#157]) * Overall performance improvements ([#163]) * Add support for IMCCE INPOP by @JoelQ and @rhannequin ([#166]) * Update INPOP excerpt in spec data ([#167]) * Introduce a better rise/transit/set calculator ([#168]) * Drop `Astronoby::Observer#observe` ([#174]) ### Improvements * Bump standard from 1.42.1 to 1.49.0 by @dependabot ([#123], [#128], [#150], [#165]) * Bump rubyzip from 2.3.2 to 2.4.1 by @dependabot ([#120]) * Add more tests for Julian Date conversion ([#122]) * Upgrade main Ruby version and supported ones ([#125]) * Update email address and gem description ([#126]) * Increase precision of mean obliquity ([#133]) * Add supported Rubies ([#139]) * Set Ruby 3.4.2 as default version ([#140]) * Fix dependency secutiry patch ([#151]) * Improve HMS/DMS formats ([#153]) * Use excerpts ephemerides for specs of Sun and Moon ([#154]) * Add link to deprecated documentation ([#160]) * Default Ruby 3.4.3 and support recent rubies ([#169]) * Better Moon phases test coverage ([#172]) * Optimize Observer with GMST from Instant ([#173]) * Update README about documentation location ([#175]) * Add GitHub Actions permissions ([#176]) ### New Contributors * @valeriy-sokoloff made their first contribution in #124 * @JoelQ made their first contribution in #166 **Full Changelog**: v0.6.0...v0.7.0 [#120]: #120 [#121]: #121 [#122]: #122 [#123]: #123 [#124]: #124 [#125]: #125 [#126]: #126 [#127]: #127 [#128]: #128 [#129]: #129 [#130]: #130 [#131]: #131 [#132]: #132 [#133]: #133 [#134]: #134 [#135]: #135 [#136]: #136 [#137]: #137 [#138]: #138 [#139]: #139 [#140]: #140 [#141]: #141 [#142]: #142 [#143]: #143 [#145]: #145 [#146]: #146 [#147]: #147 [#148]: #148 [#149]: #149 [#150]: #150 [#151]: #151 [#152]: #152 [#153]: #153 [#154]: #154 [#155]: #155 [#156]: #156 [#157]: #157 [#160]: #160 [#163]: #163 [#165]: #165 [#166]: #166 [#167]: #167 [#168]: #168 [#169]: #169 [#172]: #172 [#173]: #173 [#174]: #174 [#175]: #175 [#176]: #176 [UPGRADING.md]: https://github.com/rhannequin/astronoby/blob/main/UPGRADING.md
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
1 participant
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
In
Astronoby, an astrometric position is a geocentric position in the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) with light-time delay correction.In other libraries, an astrometric position doesn't necessarily have to be geocentric, it can be with any center as long as it takes into account the light-time delay. For
Astronoby, because the current focus is observation from Earth, the center is automatically the Earth center of mass.While it includes a correction for the time the light takes to reach the center, it is not an "apparent" position, meaning it doesn't exactly describe where an object would be seen in the sky from an observer on Earth, as many other corrections must be applied to achieve this. But this is not the purpose of the astrometric position.
From the astrometric position, we will be able to compute the apparent position, but also to change frame from equatorial to ecliptic for some of the algorithms.
At the moment, this position is only available to the 8 planets of the Solar System.
This PR also adds
Distance#abs2to be able to compute a vector magnitude, necessary for calculating the distance between the center and the target.Because it is a geocentric position, the Earth astrometric position in
Astronobyis a null vector.As documented is specs, the accuracy is very high: right ascension and declination are matching the IMCCE's results below a tenth of arcsecond.
Usage