/** Computation of an estimate of Delta_T, for astronomical computations with calendars.
Delta_T is defined in this way: UTC = TT - Delta_T, where UTC (formerly GMT) is the master time of all our clocks.
TT is Terrestrial Time, a uniform time scale defined independently from any Earth movements.
Delta_T is erratic and difficult to compute, however, the general trend of Delta_T is due to the braking of the Earth's daily revolution.
This estimate of Deltta_T in seconds from the year expressed in Common Era is a quadratic function of the year.
The computation of the long-term Delta_T is after Morrison and Stephenson 2021.
In this version, the estimated Delta_T is smoothed over time. The result is rounded to the nearest second.
* @module
* @version M2021-03-11
* @author Louis A. de Fouquières https://github.com/Louis-Aime
* @license MIT 2016-2022
*/
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M2021-03-11 Update formula for average Delta D after Morrison and Stephenson 2021
*/
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"use strict";
/** Compute an estimate of Delta T, defined as: UTC = TT - Delta T. The estimate is only the quadratic part of Delta T.
* @static
* @function getDeltaT
* @param {Date} theDate - date where Delta T is estimated (estimation is per exact date, not per year).
* @return {number} Delta T, unit is milliseconds, result reflects an integer signed number of seconds.
*/
export default function getDeltaT (theDate) {
const JULIAN_CENTURY_UNIT = 36525 * 86400000,
SECOND_UNIT = 1000, // used with legacy Date object
ORIGIN = new Date (1825, 0, 1); // 1 January 1825
let century = (theDate.getTime() - ORIGIN.getTime()) / JULIAN_CENTURY_UNIT;
return Math.round(century*century*31.4 - 10) * SECOND_UNIT; // Precision is not less than one second
}