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satellogic / orbit-predictor

Python library to propagate satellite orbits.
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shadow() should use the mean radius as default parameter #81

Closed xrael closed 4 years ago

xrael commented 4 years ago

The mean radius (~6371 km) is a better approximation than the mean equatorial radius (~6378 km). I suggest using the mean radius as the default radius for the shadow function.

astrojuanlu commented 4 years ago

Thanks @xrael! We'll include it in https://github.com/satellogic/orbit-predictor/blob/master/orbit_predictor/constants.py as well.