ForceModel.PlanetoPotentialFilename Property

Description

Specifies the planetopotential data files' paths and names for modeling non-spherical, non-homogenous gravity fields. If no file is specified for Earth ("DEFAULT"), then the file specified in Project Preferences for Geopotential File will be used.

The potential file used for each celestial body contains values for the physical properties of the body (Gravity Constant (mu), Body Radius, Reciprocal Flattening). These values are used when propagating the Spacecraft any time a potential file is used. For other calculations that depend on the physical properties of a celestial body, such as Spacecraft.Height or propagation of a Spacecraft with a point mass gravitational model, the celestial body physical properties are set using syntax such as "Earth.Mu".

The array has a default dimension of 11 with the following elements:

•[0] = Mercury

•[1] = Venus

•[2] = Earth

•[3] = Mars

•[4] = Jupiter

•[5] = Saturn

•[6] = Uranus

•[7] = Neptune

•[8] = Pluto

•[9] = Moon

•[10] = Sun

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in millisecond timing precision mode. Millisecond timing precision mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. We recommend that you migrate your Mission Plans to nanosecond timing precision mode.

Click here to see the documentation for this object in nanosecond timing precision mode.

Attributes

Syntax

See also

ForceModel Object

Setting up a Force Model