Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: spktype21
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: A supporting module for jplephem to handle data type 21
Home-page: https://github.com/whiskie14142/spktype21
Author: whiskie14142
Author-email: whiskie14142@gmail.com
License: MIT
Description: # spktype21
        A supporting module for [jplephem](https://pypi.org/project/jplephem/) to handle data type 21 (Version 0.1.0)
        
        This module computes positions and velocities of a celestial small body, from a NASA SPICE SPK ephemeris kernel file of data type 21 (Extended Modified Difference Arrays).  See http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/FORTRAN/req/spk.html
        
        You can get SPK files for many solar system small bodies from HORIZONS system of NASA/JPL.  See https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons
        
        This module reads SPK files of data type 21, one of the types of binary SPK file. At the point of Oct. 2018, HORIZONS system provides files of type 21 as binary SPK files by default.  You can get type 21 binary SPK file for celestial small bodies through TELNET interface by answering back 'B' for 'SPK file format'. Also you can get type 21 binary SPK file from:
        https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/x/spk.html
        
        ### Modules required
        * jplephem (version 2.6 or later)
        * numpy
        
        ### Usage
            from spktype21 import SPKType21
            kernel = SPKType21.open('path')
            position, velocity = kernel.compute_type21(center, target, jd)
            print(kernel)     ---- this line prints information of all segments
            kernel.close()
            
            where:
                path - path to the SPK file
                center - SPKID of central body (0 for SSB, 10 for Sun, etc.)
                target - SPKID of target body
                jd - time for computation (Julian date)
                position - a numpy array (x, y, z)
                velocity - a numpy array (xd, yd, zd)
        
        ### Modification Log
        ##### 0.1.0 October 15, 2018
        * Beta Release
        
Keywords: jplephem SPK type21
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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