KRC for The Moon

Latest revision as of 15:56, 10 April 2020

Set body = "Moon" to calculate temperatures on the Moon:

out = krc(lat=0,INERTIA=45.,body="Moon",ALBEDO=.12,LKofT="F",ls=0.)

Note: KRC for the Moon has not been formally validated.

By default, the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity uses a Moon-like trend (k_style = "Moon").

For bodies where the duration of a day is significantly longer than the duration of an Earth day like the Moon, the local true solar time can be displayed both as a fraction of 24 (out.time, see above example)...

...or as a delta Julian Date since the local midnight (out.deltaJD):

 plot(out.tsurf[,1,1],xaxis=out.deltaJD[,1,1])

[edit] Defining a Date

Seasons can be defined as Ls (ls), Julian Date (JD), and Gregorian Date (GD):

 OUT = krc(body="Moon",lat=25.,ls=90.)

For a specific Gregorian Date, GD (currently ranging from 1990-Jan-01 to 2040-Jan-01), the format is ????-Mmm-DD, with Mmm:Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec;

 OUT = krc(body="Moon",lat=12.,GD="2010-Jan-05")

or a specific Julian Date JD:

 OUT = krc(body="Moon",lat=12.,JD=2455201)

Note: the possibility to specify the date with GD is only currently available for Mars, the Moon, Bennu, and Europa.

KRC for The Moon

Latest revision as of 15:56, 10 April 2020

[edit] Defining a Date

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-Set body = "Earth,Moon", and bodytype = "minor" to culacate temperatures on the Moon:
+Set body = "Moon" to calculate temperatures on the Moon:
-  out = krc(lat = 0, INERTIA = 45., body="Earth,Moon", bodytype = "minor", ALBEDO = .12, LKofT = "F", ls = 0.)
+  out = krc(lat=0,INERTIA=45.,body="Moon",ALBEDO=.12,LKofT="F",ls=0.)
-[[Image:Moon_1.png|600px]]
+[[Image:Moon_1.png|800px]]
-Soma interface validation work needs to be done. In particular, a default run returns too many fractions of a day spanning over several "days", not just one.
+Note: KRC for the Moon has not been formally validated.
-This issue may or may not be linked to the screen warning:
+By default, the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity uses a Moon-like trend (k_style = "Moon").
-"WARNING: You may not select a DELJUL < 27.3216 as it will compound time of day and season into the output. Resetting to 27.3216"
+For bodies where the duration of a day is significantly longer than the duration of an Earth day like the Moon, the local true solar time can be displayed both as a fraction of 24 (out.time, see above example)...
+...or as a delta Julian Date since the local midnight (out.deltaJD):
+  plot(out.tsurf[,1,1],xaxis=out.deltaJD[,1,1])
+[[Image:Moon_3.png|800px]]
+== Defining a Date ==
+Seasons can be defined as Ls (ls), Julian Date (JD), and Gregorian Date (GD):
+  OUT = krc(body="Moon",lat=25.,ls=90.)
+For a specific Gregorian Date, GD (currently ranging from 1990-Jan-01 to 2040-Jan-01), the format is ????-Mmm-DD,
+with Mmm:Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec;
+  OUT = krc(body="Moon",lat=12.,GD="2010-Jan-05")
+or a specific Julian Date JD:
+  OUT = krc(body="Moon",lat=12.,JD=2455201)
+Note: the possibility to specify the date with GD is only currently available for Mars, the Moon, Bennu, and Europa.