astdys 0.9.3

AstDyS wrapper in python

This is a small wrapper to AstDyS catalogue of the asteroids in the Solar system.

How to use it

Installation

pip install astdys

Usage

import astdys

elements = astdys.search(1)
print(elements)

elements contains a dictionary of Keplerian elements of an asteroid.

Also, you can get a list of objects by the semi-major axis:

import astdys

objects = astdys.search_by_axis(2.70, sigma=0.2)
print(objects)

The method will return a dataframe containing all records found. sigma is optional and represent the variation (from axis-sigma to axis+sigma). The default value of sigma=0.1.

To get the current date of the catalog you can use catalog_time() and datetime():

import astdys

date_str = astdys.catalog_time() # string
print(date_str)

date = astdys.datetime() # datetime.datetime
print(date)

License

MIT