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/**************************************************************************
* mercury.cxx
* Written by Durk Talsma. Originally started October 1997, for distribution
* with the FlightGear project. Version 2 was written in August and
* September 1998. This code is based upon algorithms and data kindly
* provided by Mr. Paul Schlyter. (pausch@saaf.se).
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
* License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
* $Id$
* (Log is kept at end of this file)
**************************************************************************/
#include "mercury.hxx"
/*************************************************************************
* Mercury::Mercury(fgTIME *t)
* Public constructor for class Mercury
* Argument: The current time.
* the hard coded orbital elements for Mercury are passed to
* CelestialBody::CelestialBody();
************************************************************************/
Mercury::Mercury(fgTIME *t) :
CelestialBody (48.33130, 3.2458700E-5,
7.0047, 5.00E-8,
29.12410, 1.0144400E-5,
0.3870980, 0.000000,
0.205635, 5.59E-10,
168.6562, 4.09233443680, t)
{
}
/*************************************************************************
* void Mercury::updatePosition(fgTIME *t, Star *ourSun)
*
* calculates the current position of Mercury, by calling the base class,
* CelestialBody::updatePosition(); The current magnitude is calculated using
* a Mercury specific equation
*************************************************************************/
void Mercury::updatePosition(fgTIME *t, Star *ourSun)
{
CelestialBody::updatePosition(t, ourSun);
magnitude = -0.36 + 5*log10( r*R ) + 0.027 * FV + 2.2E-13 * pow(FV, 6);
}