This Python API, is an effort towards opening NASA's PDS data sets to the public with a focus on ease of access. Thus creating, NASA's JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System API
This method is outdated until I can recover my account to update the package
Download the package from: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/HorizonJPL or from pip:
pip install horizonjpl
Clone the repository to try it out for now
Please note, this API is currently in development and things are subject to change in future versions.
To run the demo you just have to do the following steps in a terminal:
cdinto demo directorypip install -r requirements.txtto install dependanciespython demo.pyto start the server- Now you can navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000 to see the demo
Things yet to be implemented from HORIZON system:
- Ephemeris and Trajectory calculations
- Small Body advanced search
- Convenience API calls
Creating a robust fault tolerant API is the number one goal. Included in this goal is various subgoals:
- Easy to access/read documentation
- Ultra fast response parsing
- Utilize cache wherever makes the most sense without affecting the integridy of the data
- Simple RESTful API
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeris:
For scientific uses, a modern planetary ephemeris comprises software that generates positions of planets and often of
their satellites, asteroids, or comets, at virtually any time desired by the user.
- Explorer Demo - http://nasa.apphb.com
- Planetary Data System: http://pds.nasa.gov/
- Jet Propulsion Labs: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
- HORIZON User Manual: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons_doc
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Tiago Moreira (@Kamots)