Constants and the settings file

GROOPS uses some built-in constants like DEFAULT_GM or the definition of leap seconds, which are defined in source/base/constants.cpp.

A complete list of the constants can be written to an XML file with:

  groops --write-settings <groopsDefaults.xml>

The built-in constants can be overwritten by a groopsDefaults.xml file in the working directory or by explicitly passing the file as an argument at execution:

  groops --settings <groopsDefaults.xml> <config.xml>

It might also be useful to adjust the default values in the schema file used by the GUI:

  groops --settings <groopsDefaults.xml> --xsd <groops.xsd>

Example file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<groops>
  <LIGHT_VELOCITY>299792458</LIGHT_VELOCITY>
  <DEFAULT_GM>3.986004415e+14</DEFAULT_GM>
  <DEFAULT_R>6378136.3</DEFAULT_R>
  <GRS80_a>6378137.0</GRS80_a>
  <GRS80_f>298.2572221010</GRS80_f>
  <GRAVITATIONALCONSTANT>6.6730e-11</GRAVITATIONALCONSTANT>
  <R_Earth>6.37813630000000e+06</R_Earth>
  <R_Moon>1.73800000000000e+06</R_Moon>
  <GM_Earth>3.98600441500000e+14</GM_Earth>
  <GM_Sun>1.32712442076000e+20</GM_Sun>
  <GM_Moon>4.90280105600000e+12</GM_Moon>
  <GM_MERCURY>2.20320808280762e+13</GM_MERCURY>
  <GM_VENUS>3.24858603864143e+14</GM_VENUS>
  <GM_MARS>4.28283149222192e+13</GM_MARS>
  <GM_JUPITER>1.26712769822770e+17</GM_JUPITER>
  <GM_SATURN>3.79406266494906e+16</GM_SATURN>
  <TIME_EPSILON>1.0e-05</TIME_EPSILON>
  <DELTA_TAI_GPS>19</DELTA_TAI_GPS>
  <DELTA_TT_GPS>51.184</DELTA_TT_GPS>
  <J2000>51544.5</J2000>
  <leapSecond>
    <MJD>57754</MJD>
    <DELTA_UTC_GPS>-18</DELTA_UTC_GPS>
  </leapSecond>
  <leapSecond>
    <MJD>57204</MJD>
    <DELTA_UTC_GPS>-17</DELTA_UTC_GPS>
  </leapSecond>
  <leapSecond>
    <MJD>56109</MJD>
    <DELTA_UTC_GPS>-16</DELTA_UTC_GPS>
  </leapSecond>
  ...
  <leapSecond>
    <MJD>41317</MJD>
    <DELTA_UTC_GPS>9</DELTA_UTC_GPS>
  </leapSecond>
  <leapSecond>
    <MJD>0</MJD>
    <DELTA_UTC_GPS>10</DELTA_UTC_GPS>
  </leapSecond>
</groops>