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eraNut80

[dpsi, deps] = ERFA.nut80(date1, date2)

Nutation, IAU 1980 model.

Given:

   date1,date2   double    TT as a 2-part Julian Date (Note 1)

Returned:

   dpsi          double    nutation in longitude (radians)
   deps          double    nutation in obliquity (radians)

Notes:

  1. The TT date date1+date2 is a Julian Date, apportioned in any convenient way between the two arguments. For example, JD(TT)=2450123.7 could be expressed in any of these ways, among others:
          date1          date2

       2450123.7           0.0       (JD method)
       2451545.0       -1421.3       (J2000 method)
       2400000.5       50123.2       (MJD method)
       2450123.5           0.2       (date & time method)

The JD method is the most natural and convenient to use in cases where the loss of several decimal digits of resolution is acceptable. The J2000 method is best matched to the way the argument is handled internally and will deliver the optimum resolution. The MJD method and the date & time methods are both good compromises between resolution and convenience.

  1. The nutation components are with respect to the ecliptic of date.

Called:

   eraAnpm      normalize angle into range +/- pi

Reference:

Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, P. Kenneth Seidelmann (ed), University Science Books (1992), Section 3.222 (p111).

This revision: 2021 May 11

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