Hello everyone:
May I ask for your help so I may better understand pygplates.RotationModel.get_rotation()?
From what I understand, when I find the relative stage pole and the angle of rotation of plate A relative to plate B from time_1 to time_2, I should have the same value for the stage pole and the same magnitude (different sign) for the angle of rotation of plate B relative to plate A from time_1 to time_2.
However, the result I got from the pygplates.RotationModel.get_rotation() is not quite what I expected. I used pygplates.RotationModel.get_rotation() function to write a function named ‘find_finite_rotation_pole_for_a_pair_of_GDUs(rotation_model, moving_plate_id, fixed_plate_id, reconstruction_time, interval, reference_frame)’.
Below is the result when I tried to find the stage rotation pole of 10752 relative to 10911 and vice versa with the same time and the same reference frame:
fixed_plate_id
10752
moving_plate_id
10911
Euler_pole,angle_rads
(0.621123, 0.703395, 0.345605) -0.003916917173304894
lat,lon,angle_degrees
20.218719836272662 48.55434933895832 -0.22442282273268285
fixed_plate_id
10911
moving_plate_id
10752
Euler_pole,angle_rads
(-0.280809, 0.516842, 0.808715) 0.003916917173304894
lat,lon,angle_degrees
53.97058598010591 118.51598731086054 0.22442282273268285
The magnitude of the rotation angle is the same; however, the coordinates of the pole are different.
Will you please help me better understand this issue?
Best,