org.jscience.astronomy
Class Ellipse

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.astronomy.Ellipse

public class Ellipse
extends java.lang.Object

The Ellipse class defines ellipses in a 3d dimension environment.

Constructor Summary

Ellipse(javax.vecmath.Point3f origin, javax.vecmath.Vector3f majorAxis, javax.vecmath.Vector3f minorAxis)
Creates a new Ellipse object.

Method Summary

double	getArea() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getAspectRatio() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getEccentricity() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getEccentricityPrime() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getEccentricitySecond() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getFlattening() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getFlatteningPrime() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getLinearEccentricity() DOCUMENT ME!
javax.vecmath.Vector3f	getMajorAxis() DOCUMENT ME!
float	getMajorAxisLength() DOCUMENT ME!
javax.vecmath.Vector3f	getMinorAxis() DOCUMENT ME!
float	getMinorAxisLength() DOCUMENT ME!
javax.vecmath.Point3f[]	getOrbit(int numPoints) DOCUMENT ME!
javax.vecmath.Point3f	getOrigin() DOCUMENT ME!
void	setMajorAxis(javax.vecmath.Vector3f majorAxis) DOCUMENT ME!
void	setMinorAxis(javax.vecmath.Vector3f minorAxis) DOCUMENT ME!
void	setOrigin(javax.vecmath.Point3f origin) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Ellipse

public Ellipse(javax.vecmath.Point3f origin,
               javax.vecmath.Vector3f majorAxis,
               javax.vecmath.Vector3f minorAxis)

Creates a new Ellipse object.

Parameters:

origin - DOCUMENT ME!

majorAxis - DOCUMENT ME!

minorAxis - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getOrigin

public javax.vecmath.Point3f getOrigin()

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setOrigin

public void setOrigin(javax.vecmath.Point3f origin)

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Parameters:

origin - DOCUMENT ME!

getMinorAxisLength

public float getMinorAxisLength()

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getMinorAxis

public javax.vecmath.Vector3f getMinorAxis()

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setMinorAxis

public void setMinorAxis(javax.vecmath.Vector3f minorAxis)

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Parameters:

minorAxis - DOCUMENT ME!

getMajorAxisLength

public float getMajorAxisLength()

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getMajorAxis

public javax.vecmath.Vector3f getMajorAxis()

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setMajorAxis

public void setMajorAxis(javax.vecmath.Vector3f majorAxis)

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Parameters:

majorAxis - DOCUMENT ME!

getArea

public double getArea()

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getLinearEccentricity

public double getLinearEccentricity()

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getAspectRatio

public double getAspectRatio()

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getEccentricity

public double getEccentricity()

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getEccentricityPrime

public double getEccentricityPrime()

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getEccentricitySecond

public double getEccentricitySecond()

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getFlattening

public double getFlattening()

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getFlatteningPrime

public double getFlatteningPrime()

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getOrbit

public javax.vecmath.Point3f[] getOrbit(int numPoints)

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Parameters:

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Returns:

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