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Appendix: Final Update of the IAU Division A Commission 4 Working Group on Standardizing Access to Ephemerides and File Format Specification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2016

James L. Hilton ,
Charles Acton ,
Jean-Eudes Arlot ,
Steven A. Bell ,
Nicole Capitaine ,
Agnès Fienga ,
William M. Folkner ,
Mickaël Gastineau ,
Dmitry Pavlov  and
Elena V. Pitjeva
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James L. Hilton
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20392, United States email: [email protected]
Charles Acton
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Jean-Eudes Arlot
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris IMCCE
Steven A. Bell
Affiliation:
H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, UK Hydrographic Office
Nicole Capitaine
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris SYRTE
Agnès Fienga
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Côte d'Azur
William M. Folkner
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Mickaël Gastineau
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris IMCCE
Dmitry Pavlov
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Astronomy
Elena V. Pitjeva
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Astronomy
Vladimir I. Skripnichenko
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Astronomy
Patrick Wallace
Affiliation:
RAL Space (retired)
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The IAU Commission 4 Working Group on Standardizing Access to Ephemerides recommends the use of the Spacecraft and Planet Kernel (SPK) format to provide a uniform format for the position ephemerides of planets and other natural solar system bodies, and the use of the Planetary Constants Kernel (PCK) for the orientation of these bodies. These formats are used by the SPICE system, developed by the Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The working group's final report is currently undergoing final preparations for publication. A long version of this report will be available at the IAU Commission 4: Ephemerides (or its successor) web site. This long version will contain a full description of that portion of the SPK and PCK formats required to duplicate these file types for this application.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Issue T29A: Transactions IAU , August 2015 , pp. 22 - 23
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016