=========================================================================== VSOP87C VENUS HELIOCENTRIC RECTANGULAR X,Y,Z COORDINATES PHP Demo 1 by Jay Tanner - 2024 For DATE: yn Mmm dd DoW = 1499 Dec 19 Thu (Julian Calendar) and TIME: HH:mm:ss = 12:00:00 TT Julian Date Value = 2268920.00000000 Julian Day Number = 2268920 =========================================================================== RAW VSOP87C HELIOCENTRIC RECTANGULAR X,Y,Z COORDINATES AND DISTANCES IN AU Venus hXYZR = '-0.04567388896904 -0.72582381397933 -0.01057782927588 0.72733637578857' Earth hXYZR = '-0.11472528482000 +0.97636452649026 -0.00000200035330 0.98308167492309' =========================================================================== Below are a few known test values taken from the original FORTRAN VSOP87 documentation. ----------------------------------------- VSOP87C Venus Date=1099 Dec 19 J Time=12:00:00 TT JD=2122820 -0.7099110735 -0.1240161268 +0.0364255617 VSOP87C Earth Date=1099 Dec 19 J Time=12:00:00 TT JD=2122820 -0.0647576071 +0.9808979021 -0.0000030761 ----------------------------------------- VSOP87C Venus Date=1499 Dec 19 J Time=12:00:00 TT JD=2268920 -0.0456738890 -0.7258238140 -0.0105778293 VSOP87C Earth Date=1499 Dec 19 J Time=12:00:00 TT JD=2268920 -0.1147252848 +0.9763645265 -0.0000020004 ----------------------------------------- VSOP87C Venus Date=1799 Dec 30 G Time=12:00:00 TT JD=2378495 -0.5783536698 +0.4245514325 +0.0396658692 VSOP87C Earth Date=1799 Dec 30 G Time=12:00:00 TT JD=2378495 -0.1522449491 +0.9713689619 +0.0000002038 The dates and times can be changed within the program to experiment with other values.