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SpiceyPy

v8.0.0
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Description
SpiceyPy is a python wrapper for the SPICE Toolkit. SPICE is an essential tool for scientists and engineers alike in the planetary science field for Solar System Geometry. Please visit the NAIF website for more details about SPICE. IMPORTANT: The code is provided "as is", use at your own risk. However, the NAIF now distributes python "lessons" that use SpiceyPy as the python to spice interface.
Concise Description
SpiceyPy is a python wrapper for the SPICE Toolkit. SPICE is an essential tool for scientists and engineers alike in the planetary science field for Solar System Geometry.
Authors
Brian T. Carcich ( Latchmoor Services, LLC )
Helge Eichhorn ( Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH )
Johan Freiherr von Forstner ( Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Kiel )
Shankar Kulumani ( Collins Aerospace )
Jonathan McAuliffe ( DLR Gesellschaft für Raumfahrtanwendungen (GfR) mbH )
Shin-ya Murakami ( GFD Dennou Club )
Ben Pearson
Jorge Diaz del Rio ( ODC Space )
Marcel Stefko ( ETH Zurich )
Miguel de Val-Borro ( Planetary Science Institute )
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cspice ephemeris geometry hacktoberfest jpl naif nasa navigation python space spice spiceypy toolkit
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