NAME

HelioLong

Find the heliocentric longitude of a planet.

USAGE

HelioLong nPlanet

PARAMETERS

nplanet: number of the planet.

Valid values are

2: Mercury
3: Venus
4: Mars
5: Jupiter
6: Saturn
11:Uranus
12: Neptune
13: Pluto

Remark: To get the heliocentric longitude of Earth add 180° to the movable longitude of the Sun.

OPTIONS

None

RETURN

Heliocentric longitude in decimal degrees of the planet.

EXAMPLE

foreach {i} {2 3 4 5 6 11 12 13} {
PutTxt [HelioLong $i]
}

Output

124.8314743
272.8893433
260.546051
78.09487915
344.0924377
165.3289642
229.40448
166.1432343

See also:

HelioLat