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shashwatak / satellite-js

Modular set of functions for SGP4 and SDP4 propagation of TLEs.
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Documentation on ECI/ECF conversion #10

Closed brianbreitsch closed 9 years ago

brianbreitsch commented 9 years ago

The parameter gmst is left unspecified. It could be confusing since it implies a time unit, but the function itself seems to expect an angle.

Stack Overflow question regarding gmst: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/98466/radians-to-rotate-earth-to-match-eci-lat-lon-with-ecef-lat-lon

shashwatak commented 9 years ago

Thanks for the feedback =), I'll include a couple of extra lines in the documentation explaining that GMST is defined as an angle in radians.