The rings:observed_ring_elevation values in the Becker/Jarmak solar occultation labels may contain errors that need to be investigated.
In the PDS4 Becker/Jarmak Occultations - OPUS database fields sheet, we noted that:
- Solar Ring Elevation = 90 – Observed North-Based Incidence, with a note "Would be – rings:observed_ring_elevation, but that should become negative after 2009 and doesn't, so there may be errors in the Becker/Jarmak labels for rings:observed_ring_elevation"
- Observer Ring Elevation = 90 + Observed North-Based Incidence, with a note "Would be – rings:observed_ring_elevation, but that should become negative after 2009 and doesn't, so there may be errors in the Becker/Jarmak labels for rings:observed_ring_elevation"
Currently the OPUS import code just uses the same method as Uranus Occs to avoid crashing:
# TODO: investigate the following. Would be -rings:observed_ring_elevation, but that should
# become negative after 2009 and doesn't, so there may be errors in the Becker/Jarmak labels
# for rings:observed_ring_elevation
# def field_obs_ring_geometry_solar_ring_opening_angle1(self):
# return (90.0 - self.field_obs_ring_geometry_north_based_incidence1())
# def field_obs_ring_geometry_observer_ring_opening_angle1(self):
# return (90.0 + self.field_obs_ring_geometry_north_based_incidence1())
# This crashes so using same method as Uranus Occs for now (below).
def field_obs_ring_geometry_solar_ring_opening_angle1(self):
oa = self._index_col('rings:observed_ring_elevation')
if oa is not None:
oa = -oa
return oa
def field_obs_ring_geometry_solar_ring_opening_angle2(self):
return self.field_obs_ring_geometry_solar_ring_opening_angle1()
def field_obs_ring_geometry_observer_ring_opening_angle1(self):
return self._index_col('rings:observed_ring_elevation')
def field_obs_ring_geometry_observer_ring_opening_angle2(self):
return self.field_obs_ring_geometry_observer_ring_opening_angle1()
Note: this likely affects the OPUS import, see SETI/rms-opus#1427.
The
rings:observed_ring_elevationvalues in the Becker/Jarmak solar occultation labels may contain errors that need to be investigated.In the PDS4 Becker/Jarmak Occultations - OPUS database fields sheet, we noted that:
Currently the OPUS import code just uses the same method as Uranus Occs to avoid crashing:
Note: this likely affects the OPUS import, see SETI/rms-opus#1427.