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GRVDEF ­ replacement for SUNFLD that supervises the evaluation of gravitational deflection of light
due to the Sun, Jupiter, and other solar system bodies. Calls new subroutine GRVD to do the
deflection calculation for each body.
GEOPOS ­ called from PLACE to compute the geocentric position and velocity vectors of an observer
on or above the surface of the Earth.
LITTIM ­ called from PLACE to antedate the position of a solar system body for light-time.
LIMANG ­ evaluates where an observed object is with respect to the Earth's limb (horizon), given the
geocentric position vectors of the observer and the object. PLACE calls LIMANG for the
topocentric cases in deciding whether to include the gravitational deflection of light due to the
Earth itself.
CEORA ­ returns the value of the true right ascension of the CEO for a given TDB Julian date.
CEORAI
- returns the value of the ICRS right ascension of the CEO for a given TDB Julian date.
CEORD
- for high-accuracy calculations, reads and returns a set of values of the ICRS right ascension
of the CEO, near a given TDB Julian date, from an external file (either formatted sequential or
binary direct-access).
CEOFIL ­ allows the specification of the external file of CEO right ascensions that CEORD reads.
CEOBAS
- returns orthonormal basis vectors for non-rotating equatorial (intermediate) system.
SETMOD ­ sets method/accuracy mode for Earth rotation calculations.
GETMOD ­ retrieves method/accuracy mode for Earth rotation calculations.
EQINOX ­ specifies that equinox-based method is to be used for Earth rotation calculations.
CEOTEO ­ specifies that the CEO-based method is to be used for Earth rotation calculations.
HIACC ­ specifies that high-accuracy (~1 µas) algorithms are to be used for Earth rotation
calculations.
LOACC ­ specifies that low-accuracy (~0.1 mas) algorithms are to be used for Earth rotation
calculations.
RESUME ­ reverts to method/accuracy mode used prior to latest change (by one of the above
subroutines).

Changes to Existing (NOVAS Version F2.0) Calling Sequences
APSTAR, VPSTAR, ASSTAR, CATRAN, GETHIP, VECTRS ­ proper motion units (in both RA and
Dec) changed to milliarcseconds/year (pm in RA includes cos
factor), parallax units changed to
milliarcseconds.
TPSTAR, TPPLAN, LPSTAR, LPPLAN ­ the user's option to specify the input time argument as
apparent sidereal time in hours is now discouraged; specifying the corresponding UT1 Julian date
is now recommended. Sidereal time input is still supported but might not be in future NOVAS
releases.
PRECES, CATRAN ­ one of the input epochs must now be 2451545.0 (J2000.0). Can no longer do
two arbitrary epochs (the new precession expressions are not as flexible as Newcomb's or
Lieske's).
CATRAN ­ has two new transformation options: IT=4 rotates data from the dynamical equator and
equinox of J2000.0 to the ICRS and IT=5 does the opposite rotation.
WOBBLE ­ Julian date argument added.

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