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Contact: F.X.Timmes
my one page vitae,
full vitae,
research statement, and
teaching statement.
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The instrument
public_ephem.tbz
computes the state vectors for the major bodies of the solar system,
two martian satellites, four Galilean
satellites, eight of Saturn's moons, six Uranian moons, thousands of comets,
and half a million asteroids.
The tool combines the JPL DE430
ephemeris,
JPL osculatory orbital elements,
and the Naval Observatory NOVAS
positional astronomy package. The results thus compare favorably with those from JPL
Horizons.
A brief guide is in this README.
Xephem by Elwood
Downey is excellent, open, and is a lot of fun.
Starry Night is not free or open,
but visually yummy.
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public_ephem.tbz contains seven data files:
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unxp1950-2050.430 - JPL DE430 little-endian binary file
for the major bodies in the solar system from 1950 to 2050.
Most fortran compilers can convert to big-endian on-the-fly if desired, or
visit
JPL
to roll your own binary files.
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comet_elements.dat - JPL osculatory orbital elements for comets.
Current as of 25Sep2019; get updated versions from the JPL small-body
database.
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numasteroids_elements.dat - JPL osculatory orbital elements for asteroids.
Current as of 25Sep2019; get updated versions from the JPL small-body
database.
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ephem.e15 - J2000 parameters for the Galilean satellites; from
Jay Lieske's
article.
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redtass7.dat - time series arguments for eight of saturn's satellites;
from BDL.
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leap_second.dat - (TAI - UTC) timescale offsets; get updated versions from
IERS or
IERS.
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deltat.dat - (TT - UT1) timescale offsets; get updated versions from
IERS or
IERS.
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public_ephem.tbz contains twelve library files:
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novas_routines.f90 -a semi-custom USNO
NOVAS.
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jpl_routines.f90 - read and interpolate JPL ephemeris files.
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position_routine.f90 - returns the state vector.
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ephem.dek - common block communications.
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initialize_routine.f90 - initializations.
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fxt_routines.f90 - state vectors to orbital elements and more.
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marsat_routines.f90 - state vectors of the
martian satellites.
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lieske_routines.f90 -
state vectors of the
jovian satellites.
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satsat_routines.f90 -
state vectors of
saturn's satellites.
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gust86_routines.f90 -
state vectors of the
uranian satellites.
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glue.f90 -
string parsers, converters, and more.
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public_ephem.tbz contains 14 applications:
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analemma.f90 - position of the sun to make an analemma.
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conjunction.f90 - conjunctions, quadratures, and more.
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ephem.f90 - combines several of the applications.
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equinox.f90 - times of equinoxes and
solstices.
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moon_phases.f90 - lunar events
including eclipses.
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orbit.f90 - state vectors over time.
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perihelion.f90 - times of apheleions
and
periheleions.
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position.f90 - state vectors in different coordinate systems.
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retrograde.f90 - times of retrograde motion.
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rise.f90 - rise, transit, and set time of any object.
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solar_eclipse.f90 - track of a solar eclipse centerline.
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sunrise.f90 - quicky rise, transit and set of the sun and moon.
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sunrise_over_year.f90 - the sun over a year.
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within.f90 - times of objects within a given angular seperation.
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