Working with Keplerian Elements & Deriving Vernal Equinox

[Philosophaie]

I am working with the Keplerian Elements from the JPL web site.

a - Semi-Major Axis
e - Eccentricity
I - Incilination
L - Mean Longitude
long.peri. - Longitude of the Periapsis
long.node.or N - Longitude of the Ascending Node

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/txt/p_elem_t2.txt

From this you can derive

MA - Mean Anomaly
EA - Eccentric Anomaly
v - True Anomaly
r - Radius
Equ - Vernal Equinox

All of this data revolves around the v=0 point or the Periapsis, the point where the elliptical orbit is the closest to the sun. Now from this point the Vernal Equinox can be derived. The Vernal Equinox occurs on about March 21 every year. When looking thru the Sun on 3-21 the constellation that you see is Pisces. At the angle (the Sun to Pisces from the Periapsis) is the basis of the reference angle for the start of the Ascending Node, I think. It comes out to be 270.02 for the Earth. The data seems to be coming out right, Equ+N+w+v=0 @ 12-21, Equ+N+w+v=90 @ 3-21, Equ+N+w+v=180 @ 6-21 and Equ+N+w+v=270 @ 9-21. I just want to know If I am way off or I am right on target.

 

[nearc]

not sure quite what you are looking for but i recently used this site to help me convert from silly celestial to galactic coordinates, however, points far above or below the galactic plane does not yield the correct longitude. http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Tobias.Westmeier/tools_coords.php