Minimum Separation Angle Detector

Hello…this is my first post so please let me know if this is not the correct place…

I am doing visibility generation using Orekit. I have many detectors configured and running and I am getting results. I am also using the AngularSeparationDetector for sun/moon conjunction and that is working well for a conical view, meaning I get events for entry and exit of the proximityAngle. I was wondering, is there a way to tell that detector to trigger on the minimum angle, when the angle stops decreasing and start to increase? I’d like to get the time and angle when things start to diverge. Is there another detector better suited? My setup currently involves ElevationDetector(combined with CircularFOV), ElevationExtremaDetector and AngualrSeparationDetector so adding another detector seems like the logical solution, just not sure if one exists.

Insights greatly appreciated…

Hi @bmcclint welcome

There is currently no detector that does that. This could probably be done by computing the time derivative of the angle between target and some satellite reference axis (typically center of field of view).