astroforge.coordinates.CIRSToMEMED#

astroforge.coordinates.CIRSToMEMED(time, X)[source]#

Converts a cartesian vector from the Celestial Intermediate Reference System (CIRS) to the Mean Equator Mean Equinox of Date (MEMED) coordinate system. See Kaplan (2005) for more information.

Parameters:
  • time (float) – Reference epoch for the MEMED coordinate system, specified as Modified Julian Date (MJD), in the UT1 time system.

  • X (NDArray[np.float64]) – Shape (3,) cartesian vector to be rotated from CIRS to MEMED

Returns:

Rotated vector

Return type:

NDArray[np.float64]