Ephemeris system
The SPICE Toolkit
NASA's information system and software toolkit for computing the geometry of spacecraft and Solar System bodies — where a spacecraft is, where it is pointing, and what it can see. Its shared data files (kernels) are a de facto standard across planetary missions.
Bodies, frames & concepts
Knowledge connections
- Associated withNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Associated withJPL Development Ephemeris
- Associated withLight-Time Correction
- Associated withpoliastro
- Associated withOrekit
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.