acos()

Definition

FLOAT acos ( <FLOAT value> )

Returns the arccosine of a certain value.

This function performs an arccosine calculation on a certain value and returns an angle between and including 0 and 180000 (0-180º).

Parameters

  • FLOAT value - The value to be performed an arccosine calculation on.

Returns

FLOAT : The arccosine result of the specified value, an angle between and including 0 and 180000 (0-180º).

Notes

The angle value returned by this function is in thousandths of degrees, as most angles within Bennu are.

To read about all aspects of trigonometry, you can visit Wikipedia’s Trigonometric function page.