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A simple formula for a planet's mean annual insolation by latitude
- Source :
- Icarus, Volume 291, 15 July 2017, Pages 46-50
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- In this paper, we use a sixth order Legendre series expansion to approximate the mean annual insolation by latitude of a planet with obliquity angle $\beta$, leading to faster computations with little loss in the accuracy of results. We discuss differences between our method and selected computational results for insolation found in the literature.<br />Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Icarus, Volume 291, 15 July 2017, Pages 46-50
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1510.04542
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.01.040