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Account for Earth shape when computing the eclipse #32

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ronisbr opened this issue Sep 9, 2019 · 0 comments
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Account for Earth shape when computing the eclipse #32

ronisbr opened this issue Sep 9, 2019 · 0 comments

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ronisbr commented Sep 9, 2019

The algorithm that computes in which zone the satellite is (sunlight, penumbra, and umbra) assumes that the Earth is a sphere with the Equatorial radius. It will be more precise if we account for at least the Earth oblateness when doing this.
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