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WGS72 vs WGS84 #4

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thkruz opened this issue Jan 17, 2021 · 0 comments

thkruz commented Jan 17, 2021

satellite-rs/src/constants.rs

Line 32 in 8e3c2d9

pub static J2: f64 = 0.00108262998905;

I would recommend using the WGS72 constants vs the WGS84 constants for better accuracy. That is the recommendation from the source satellite.js used: https://www.celestrak.com/publications/AIAA/2006-6753/AIAA-2006-6753-Rev1.pdf

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