太阳的位置,时间等式:错误了27天



我正在努力改进美国海军天文台计算太阳位置的算法,用一种更简单的方式来写,所有使用的数字都被正确地识别出来,这样普通人也能理解。

但不知何故,时间方程式偏离了27天。也许这里有人能指出问题所在?

测试运行:

1) Failure:
test_equation_of_time(TestSolarCalculations):
Expected 2011-10-01 10:23:00 UTC, not 2011-10-28 10:59:31 UTC.
2) Failure:
test_suns_declination(TestSolarCalculations):
Expected -3.18, not -3.2087920449753007.
新算法:

# Constants for J2000.0 / 1 Jan 2000 12:00Z:
#
EPOCHS_JULIAN_DATE = 2451545
ANOMALISTIC_YEAR_IN_DAYS = 365.259636
TROPICAL_YEAR_IN_DAYS = 365.2421897
SUNS_MEAN_ANOMALY_AT_EPOCH = degrees_to_radians 357.5291
SUNS_MEAN_LONGITUDE_AT_EPOCH = degrees_to_radians 280.459
SUNS_GEODETIC_PRECESSION = degrees_to_radians 1.915
EARTHS_ORBITAL_ECCENTRICITY = 0.020
EARTHS_ADJUSTED_AVERAGE_RADIUS_IN_AU = 1.00014
EARTHS_APPROXIMATE_ATMOSPHERIC_REFRACTION = degrees_to_radians 0.01671
EARTHS_ECLIPTIC_MEAN_OBLIQUITY = degrees_to_radians 23.439
EARTHS_ECLIPTIC_OBLIQUITY_CHANGE_RATE = degrees_to_radians 0.00000036
def days_from_epoch
  @todays_julian_date - EPOCHS_JULIAN_DATE
end
def suns_daily_mean_anomaly_change_rate
  degrees_to_radians(360 / ANOMALISTIC_YEAR_IN_DAYS)
end
def suns_mean_anomaly
  SUNS_MEAN_ANOMALY_AT_EPOCH + suns_daily_mean_anomaly_change_rate * days_from_epoch
end
def suns_daily_mean_longitude_change_rate
  degrees_to_radians(360 / TROPICAL_YEAR_IN_DAYS)
end
def suns_mean_longitude
  SUNS_MEAN_LONGITUDE_AT_EPOCH + suns_daily_mean_longitude_change_rate * days_from_epoch
end
def suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude
  suns_mean_longitude + SUNS_GEODETIC_PRECESSION * sin(suns_mean_anomaly) + EARTHS_ORBITAL_ECCENTRICITY * sin(2 * suns_mean_anomaly)
end
def suns_distance_from_earth_in_au
  EARTHS_ADJUSTED_AVERAGE_RADIUS_IN_AU - EARTHS_APPROXIMATE_ATMOSPHERIC_REFRACTION * cos(suns_mean_anomaly) - (EARTHS_APPROXIMATE_ATMOSPHERIC_REFRACTION ^ 2 / 2) * cos(2 * suns_mean_anomaly)
end
def earths_ecliptic_mean_obliquity
  EARTHS_ECLIPTIC_MEAN_OBLIQUITY - EARTHS_ECLIPTIC_OBLIQUITY_CHANGE_RATE * days_from_epoch
end
def suns_right_ascension
  atan2(cos(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude) * sin(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude), cos(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude)) / 15
end
# Time.utc(Time.now.year) => 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
#
def equation_of_time
  Time.utc(Time.now.year) + (radians_to_degrees(suns_mean_longitude) / 15 - suns_right_ascension) * 60 * 60 * 24
end
def suns_declination
  radians_to_degrees(asin(sin(earths_ecliptic_mean_obliquity) * sin(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude)))
end

谢谢!

此处:

def suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude
  suns_mean_longitude 
  + SUNS_GEODETIC_PRECESSION * sin(suns_mean_anomaly) 
  + EARTHS_ORBITAL_ECCENTRICITY * sin(2 * suns_mean_anomaly)
end

您正在混合单元。suns_mean_longitude是弧度,SUNS_GEODETIC_PRECESSION也是(因此第二项也是),但EARTHS_ORBITAL_ECCENTRICITY0.020

另外

:

EARTHS_APPROXIMATE_ATMOSPHERIC_REFRACTION = degrees_to_radians 0.01671

应该是

EARTHS_APPROXIMATE_ATMOSPHERIC_REFRACTION = 0.01671
我认为

,因为它被用于确定距离的公式

另外另外,

def suns_right_ascension
  atan2(cos(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude) * sin(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude), cos(suns_apparent_ecliptic_longitude)) / 15
end

我没有检查这个atan2函数返回的单位-你确定它的度,它必须是为了除以15才有意义吗?

可能还有其他问题;这些只是我能看到的。

我的一些代码

# From angles.rb:<br>
# eccentricity of elliptical Earth orbit around Sun
# Horner calculation method  
def eccentricity_Earth( ta = A2000 )
  ta = check_jct_zero( ta )      
  # 0.016708617 - ta[ 0 ] * ( 0.000042037 + ta[ 0 ] * 0.0000001235 )
  [-0.0000001235, -0.000042037, 0.016708617].inject(0.0) {|p, a| p * ta[0] + a}
end
alias_method :eccentricity_earth_orbit, :eccentricity_Earth

选自:Equation of Time Ruby gem

在哪里使用?

# From angles.rb:<br>
# equation of centre
# added to mean anomaly to get true anomaly. 
def center( ta = A2000)
  ta = check_jct_zero( ta )    
  sine_1M = sin( 1.0 * deg_to_rad( @ma ) )
  sine_2M = sin( 2.0 * deg_to_rad( @ma ) )
  sine_3M = sin( 3.0 * deg_to_rad( @ma ) )
  sine_4M = sin( 4.0 * deg_to_rad( @ma ) )
  sine_5M = sin( 5.0 * deg_to_rad( @ma ) )
  e = eccentricity_Earth( ta )
  rad_to_deg( sine_1M * (     2.0  * e    - e**3/4.0 + 5/96.0 * e**5 ) +  
              sine_2M * (   5/4.0  * e**2 - 11/24.0 * e**4 )           + 
              sine_3M * ( 13/12.0  * e**3 - 43/64.0 * e**5 )           +
              sine_4M *  103/96.0  * e**4                              +
              sine_5M * 1097/960.0 * e**5                              )
  # sine_1M *( 1.914602 - ta[ 0 ] * ( 0.004817 + ta[ 0 ] * 0.000014 )) +
  # sine_2M *( 0.019993 - ta[ 0 ] * 0.000101 )                         +
  # sine_3M *  0.000289
end
alias_method :equation_of_center, :center

可能是Ruby浮点数的精度问题,而不是程序逻辑问题?我没有使用ruby,但似乎有一些问题在ruby浮点运算存在根据这篇文章。Ruby数学运算的精度问题

根据文章,你可能需要使用BigDecimal类来进行浮点运算。实际上我没有看你的程序,这只是一个猜测。

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