samtx / passpredict

Predict upcoming satellite overpasses over a point on Earth.
MIT License
23 stars 6 forks source link

Refactor Location, Propagators, and Observers to use julian date internally #34

Open samtx opened 2 years ago

samtx commented 2 years ago

Since the core astrodynamic calculations use julian date internally, it is cumbersome and prone to error to convert datetime objects to julian date floats. This is particularly problematic if the datetime isn't in UTC time.