Static Public Member Functions
static IntersectInformation	CalculateIntersections (Orbit referenceOrbit, Orbit targetOrbit)
	Calculates the intersection distances and universal times between reference and target . More...

static double	CurrentEjectionAngle (Orbit origin, double UT)
	Calculates the ejection angle for orbit origin at specified time UT . More...

static double	CurrentEjectionAngle (Orbit origin, double UT, Vector3d prograde)
	Calculates the ejection angle for orbit origin at specified time UT . More...

static double	CurrentPhaseAngle (Orbit origin, Orbit destination)
	Calculates the current phase angle between origin and destination . More...

static CelestialBody	FindCommonAncestor (Orbit o, CelestialBody cb)

static CelestialBody	FindPlanet (CelestialBody src)
	Looks up the solar system hierarchy for the first object directly orbiting the sun. Returns null if passed the Sun. More...

static double	GetSmaDistance (Orbit o1, Orbit o2)

static double	GetSmaDistanceToSun (Orbit obt, double d=0.0)

static double	GetTransferPhaseAngle (Orbit o1, Orbit o2, double Th)
	Get the phase angle for an optimal transfer between both orbits More...

static double	GetTransferTime (Orbit o1, Orbit o2)
	Get the transit time between two orbits. Orbits are assumed to be circular, plane-aligned and to share the same central body. The transfer orbit is assumed to be a perfect Hohmann transfer More...

Member Function Documentation

static IntersectInformation OrbitUtil.CalculateIntersections	(	Orbit	referenceOrbit,
		Orbit	targetOrbit
	)

inlinestatic

Calculates the intersection distances and universal times between reference and target .

Returns: A quaternion where x and y are distance and time for intersection 1, respectively. z and w for intersection 2

Parameters

reference	Reference.
target	Target.

static double OrbitUtil.CurrentEjectionAngle	(	Orbit	origin,
		double	UT
	)

inlinestatic

Calculates the ejection angle for orbit origin at specified time UT .

Returns: The ejection angle.

Parameters

origin	Origin.
UT	Universal Time.

static double OrbitUtil.CurrentEjectionAngle	(	Orbit	origin,
		double	UT,
		Vector3d	prograde
	)

inlinestatic

Calculates the ejection angle for orbit origin at specified time UT .

Returns: The ejection angle.

Parameters

origin	Origin.
UT	Universal Time.

static double OrbitUtil.CurrentPhaseAngle	(	Orbit	origin,
		Orbit	destination
	)

inlinestatic

Calculates the current phase angle between origin and destination .

Returns: The phase angle.

Parameters

origin	Origin.
destination	Destination.

static CelestialBody OrbitUtil.FindCommonAncestor	(	Orbit	o,
		CelestialBody	cb
	)

inlinestatic

static CelestialBody OrbitUtil.FindPlanet ( CelestialBody src )

inlinestatic

Looks up the solar system hierarchy for the first object directly orbiting the sun. Returns null if passed the Sun.

Parameters

src

Returns

static double OrbitUtil.GetSmaDistance	(	Orbit	o1,
		Orbit	o2
	)

inlinestatic

Returns the delta of semi-major axis distances to sun between two orbits

Parameters

currentBody
tgtBody

Returns

static double OrbitUtil.GetSmaDistanceToSun	(	Orbit	obt,
		double	d = `0.0`
	)

inlinestatic

static double OrbitUtil.GetTransferPhaseAngle	(	Orbit	o1,
		Orbit	o2,
		double	Th
	)

inlinestatic

Get the phase angle for an optimal transfer between both orbits

Parameters

o1	the origin orbit
o2	the destination orbit
Th	the transfer time. Use GetTransferTime for that.

Returns: The phase angle, in radians

static double OrbitUtil.GetTransferTime	(	Orbit	o1,
		Orbit	o2
	)

inlinestatic

Get the transit time between two orbits. Orbits are assumed to be circular, plane-aligned and to share the same central body. The transfer orbit is assumed to be a perfect Hohmann transfer

Parameters

o1
o2

Returns

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

KSP/Assets/Scripts/Orbit Scripts/OrbitUtil.cs

Static Public Member Functions

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