sbpy Documentation¶
sbpy
is an Astropy affiliated package for small-body planetary astronomy.
For an overview on the expected structure and functionality of sbpy
, please
refer to the About sbpy page; the Status Page page provides an overview on
the implementation status of all modules and functions.
The development of sbpy
is expected to conclude with version 1.0 in 2024.
Current Status¶
Getting Started¶
User Documentation¶
Data Structures: Orbits, Ephemerides, Observations, and Physical Properties¶
Photometry and Spectroscopy¶
Activity¶
Miscellaneous¶
External packages that have been modified as part of sbpy
¶
pyoorb: additional functionality for ephemerides computation, orbit transformation, and orbit propagation
astroquery: added submodules
jplhorizons
,jplsbdb
,jplspec
,imcce
, and modifiedmpc
Reference¶
Developer Documentation¶
Acknowledgments¶
sbpy
is supported by NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools
(PDART) Grant Numbers 80NSSC18K0987 and 80NSSC22K0143.
If you use sbpy
in your work, please acknowledge it by citing
and also please consider using the bib reference tracking system to properly acknowledge and reference the methods you used in the preparation of your manuscript.
The core sbpy
Team is introduced here.