; the following function converts Mars-solar-orbital (MSO) coordinates to Mars solar local ; time. ; The inputs are: ; xmso, ymso, zmso are the Cartesian components in MSO coordinates ; latss is the latitude of the subsolar point in degrees ; ; The outputs are: ; local time, in the usual 0 to 24 hours ; ; Created by: Robert Lillis (rlillis@SSL.Berkeley.edu) pro mso2lt, xmso, ymso, zmso, ls, local_time ; the first thing to do is rotate the MSO coordinate system so that ; the rotation axis is perpendicular to the Mars-sun line. This ; amount will be zero at the equinoxes and equal to the planetary ; obliquity at the solstices. obliquity = 25.19; degrees rotate_y, 1.0*obliquity*sin(ls*!dtor)*!dtor, xmso, ymso, zmso, x1, y1, z1 ; next need to rotate to make the rotation axis both perpendicular to ; the Mars-sun line and to the ecliptic plane. Rotate_x, 1.0*obliquity*cos(ls*!dtor)*!dtor, x1,y1,z1, xf,yf,zf cart2latlong, xf, yf, zf, r, solar_lat_rot, solar_elon_rot ;print,'rotated coordinates: ',solar_lat_rot, solar_elon_rot local_time = ((solar_elon_rot +180.0) mod 360)/15.0 end