/* Copyright 2002-2017 CS Systèmes d'Information * Licensed to CS Systèmes d'Information (CS) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * CS licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.orekit.time; import org.hipparchus.RealFieldElement; /** Geocentric Coordinate Time. * <p>Coordinate time at the center of mass of the Earth. * This time scale depends linearly from {@link TTScale Terrestrial Time}.</p> * <p>This is intended to be accessed thanks to the {@link TimeScalesFactory} class, * so there is no public constructor.</p> * @author Luc Maisonobe * @see AbsoluteDate */ public class TCGScale implements TimeScale { /** Serializable UID. */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 20131209L; /** LG rate. */ private static final double LG_RATE = 6.969290134e-10; /** Reference date for TCG. * <p>The reference date is such that the four following instants are equal:</p> * <ul> * <li>1977-01-01T00:00:32.184 TT</li> * <li>1977-01-01T00:00:32.184 TCG</li> * <li>1977-01-01T00:00:32.184 TCB</li> * <li>1977-01-01T00:00:00.000 TAI</li> * </ul> */ private static final AbsoluteDate REFERENCE_DATE = new AbsoluteDate(1977, 01, 01, TimeScalesFactory.getTAI()); /** Offset between TT and TAI scales. */ private static final double TT_OFFSET = TimeScalesFactory.getTT().offsetFromTAI(REFERENCE_DATE); /** Package private constructor for the factory. */ TCGScale() { } /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override public double offsetFromTAI(final AbsoluteDate date) { return TT_OFFSET + LG_RATE * date.durationFrom(REFERENCE_DATE); } /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override public <T extends RealFieldElement<T>> T offsetFromTAI(final FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date) { return date.durationFrom(REFERENCE_DATE).multiply(LG_RATE).add(TT_OFFSET); } /** {@inheritDoc} */ public String getName() { return "TCG"; } /** {@inheritDoc} */ public String toString() { return getName(); } }