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moonsun (version 0.1.3)

angle: Angular distance between the places in the sky

Description

The function computes angle between two or more objects on the sky.

Usage

angle(x, y = NULL)

Arguments

x
an object of class "apos"
y
optional second object of class "apos"

Value

If y==NULL, the function returns value of class (angle,dist), containing the angles (in degrees) between all positions in the given object (for example distances between all planets for one day).If y is given (y should contain the same row number than x) and the return value is a vector of distances between the subsequent corresponding rows (for example distance between Moon and Sun for some days ahead).

Examples

Run this code
options(latitude=51,longitude=22)
data(bright)
angle(bright)
angle(planets())
j=jd(length=100)
plot(angle(mercury(j),venus(j))) # angle between Venus and Mercury for next 100 days

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