"""Various constants required by Skyfield.""" # Definitions. AU_M = 149597870700 # per IAU 2012 Resolution B2 AU_KM = 149597870.700 ASEC360 = 1296000.0 DAY_S = 86400.0 # Angles. ASEC2RAD = 4.848136811095359935899141e-6 DEG2RAD = 0.017453292519943296 RAD2DEG = 57.295779513082321 pi = 3.141592653589793 tau = 6.283185307179586476925287 # lower case, for symmetry with math.pi # Physics. C = 299792458.0 # m/s GM_SUN_Pitjeva_2005_km3_s2 = 132712440042 # Elena Pitjeva, 2015JPCRD..44c1210P # Earth and its orbit. ANGVEL = 7.2921150e-5 # radians/s ERAD = 6378136.6 # meters IERS_2010_INVERSE_EARTH_FLATTENING = 298.25642 # Heliocentric gravitational constant in meters^3 / second^2, from DE-405. GS = 1.32712440017987e+20 # Time. T0 = 2451545.0 B1950 = 2433282.4235 C_AUDAY = C * DAY_S / AU_M