Procedure

   SpiceDouble spd_c ( void )

Abstract

   Return the number of seconds in a day.

Required_Reading

   None.

Keywords

   CONSTANTS

Brief_I/O

   The function returns the number of seconds in a day.

Detailed_Input

   None.

Detailed_Output

   The function returns the number of seconds in a day: 86400.

Parameters

   None.

Exceptions

   Error free.

Files

   None.

Particulars

   The function always returns the constant value shown above.

Examples

   Convert Julian ephemeris date to TDB seconds past the reference 
   epoch, J2000.

      spref = ( jed - j2000_c() ) * spd_c();

Restrictions

   None.

Literature_References

   None.

Author_and_Institution

   W.L. Taber      (JPL) 
   I.M. Underwood  (JPL) 
   E.D. Wright     (JPL)

Version

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.2, 16-JAN-2008   (EDW)

      Corrected typos in header titles:
      
      Detailed Input to Detailed_Input
      Detailed Output to Detailed_Output
      
   -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 10-NOV-2006   (EDW)

      Added Parameters section header. 

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 08-FEB-1998 (EDW)

Index_Entries

   seconds per day

Link to routine spd_c source file spd_c.c