naif_eop_predict: NAIF Longterm Prediction Earth Orientation Parameters Kernel for SPICE

A Python package by the Asteroid Institute, a program of the B612 Foundation

This package ships the Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility's low accuracy, longterm prediction Earth orientation parameters (EOP) kernel.

This is not an official NAIF package. It is an automatically generated mirror of the file so that it is installable via pip.

The current version of the file released on 2024 AUG 28 spans the following times: 2020 JAN 01 00:01:09.183 TDB - 2099 AUG 27 00:01:09.182 TDB

Installation

The latest version of the file can be installed via pip:
pip install naif-eop-predict

Usage

import spiceypy as sp
from naif_eop_predict import eop_predict

sp.furnsh(eop_predict)

Acknowledgment

This project makes use of data provided and maintained by the Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF).

References

[1] Acton, C.H.; "Ancillary Data Services of NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility;" Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 65-70, 1996. DOI 10.1016/0032-0633(95)00107-7
[2] Charles Acton, Nathaniel Bachman, Boris Semenov, Edward Wright; A look toward the future in the handling of space science mission geometry; Planetary and Space Science (2017); DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.013