Table 5
Test result of Sun Ephemeris Generation by Polynomial interpolation with Uniform node
Interpolation order | Interpolation interval (days) | Maximum distance error (km) | Mean distance error (km) | Standard deviation (km) | Data budget (byte/day) | Requirements satisfaction |
4 | 8 | 72.19 | 19.62 | 14.98 | 390 | yes |
| 16 | 980.22 | 298.69 | 220.01 | 195 | yes |
| 32 | 11,026.53 | 4,032.19 | 2,681.76 | 97.5 | no |
|
5 | 8 | 7.64 | 1.46 | 1.41 | 480 | yes |
| 16 | 162.76 | 38.89 | 33.71 | 240 | yes |
| 32 | 2,359.21 | 831.34 | 561.10 | 120 | yes |
|
6 | 8 | 1.40 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 570 | yes |
| 16 | 53.67 | 7.77 | 9.80 | 285 | yes |
| 32 | 1,134.14 | 300.78 | 266.81 | 142.5 | yes |
|
7 | 8 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 660 | yes |
| 16 | 20.42 | 2.08 | 3.24 | 330 | yes |
| 32 | 637.00 | 119.58 | 137.59 | 165 | yes |
|
8 | 8 | 0.07 | 4.02E-3 | 8.28E-3 | 750 | yes |
| 16 | 8.48 | 0.63 | 1.21 | 375 | yes |
| 32 | 398.53 | 62.81 | 81.42 | 187.5 | yes |