- Abstract
This routine computes the Jacobian of the transformation from
rectangular to latitudinal coordinates.
- Required_Reading
None.
- Brief_I/O
Variable I/O Description
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x I X-coordinate of point.
y I Y-coordinate of point.
z I Z-coordinate of point.
jacobi O Matrix of partial derivatives.
- Detailed_Input
x,
y,
z are the rectangular coordinates of the point at
which the Jacobian of the map from rectangular
to latitudinal coordinates is desired.
- Detailed_Output
jacobi is the matrix of partial derivatives of the conversion
between rectangular and latitudinal coordinates. It
has the form
.- -.
| dr/dx dr/dy dr/dz |
| dlon/dx dlon/dy dlon/dz |
| dlat/dx dlat/dy dlat/dz |
`- -'
evaluated at the input values of x, y, and z.
- Parameters
None.
- Particulars
When performing vector calculations with velocities it is
usually most convenient to work in rectangular coordinates.
However, once the vector manipulations have been performed
it is often desirable to convert the rectangular representations
into latitudinal coordinates to gain insights about phenomena
in this coordinate frame.
To transform rectangular velocities to derivatives of coordinates
in a latitudinal system, one uses the Jacobian of the
transformation between the two systems.
Given a state in rectangular coordinates
( x, y, z, dx, dy, dz )
the corresponding latitudinal coordinate derivatives are given by
the matrix equation:
t | t
(dr, dlon, dlat) = jacobi | * (dx, dy, dz)
|(x,y,z)
This routine computes the matrix
|
jacobi|
|(x, y, z)
- Examples
Suppose one is given the bodyfixed rectangular state of an object
( x(t), y(t), z(t), dx(t), dy(t), dz(t) ) as a function of time t.
To find the derivatives of the coordinates of the object in
bodyfixed latitudinal coordinates, one simply multiplies the
Jacobian of the transformation from rectangular to latitudinal
coordinates (evaluated at x(t), y(t), z(t) ) by the rectangular
velocity vector of the object at time t.
In code this looks like:
#include "SpiceUsr.h"
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.
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/.
Load the rectangular velocity vector vector recv.
./
recv[0] = dx ( t );
recv[1] = dy ( t );
recv[2] = dz ( t );
/.
Determine the Jacobian of the transformation from rectangular to
latitudinal coordinates at the rectangular coordinates at time t.
./
dlatdr_c ( x(t), y(t), z(t), jacobi );
/.
Multiply the Jacobian on the right by the rectangular
velocity to obtain the latitudinal coordinate derivatives
latv.
./
mxv_c ( jacobi, recv, latv );
- Restrictions
None.
- Exceptions
1) If the input point is on the z-axis (x and y = 0), the
Jacobian is undefined. The error SPICE(POINTONZAXIS)
will be signaled.
- Files
None.
- Author_and_Institution
W.L. Taber (JPL)
N.J. Bachman (JPL)
- Literature_References
None.
- Version
-CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 13-JUL-2001 (WLT) (NJB)
- Index_Entries
Jacobian of rectangular w.r.t. latitudinal coordinates
- Link to routine source