Calculation of lunar data using NASA’s SPICE toolbox.
Project description
spicedmoon
Calculation of lunar data using NASA’s SPICE toolbox.
This data includes:
- Distance between the Sun and the Moon (in astronomical units)
- Distance between the Sun and the Moon (in kilometers)
- Distance between the Observer and the Moon (in kilometers)
- Selenographic longitude of the Sun (in radians)
- Selenographic latitude of the observer (in degrees)
- Selenographic longitude of the observer (in degrees)
- Moon phase angle (in degrees)
- Azimuth angle (in degrees)
- Zenith angle (in degrees)
It exports the following functions:
- get_moon_datas - Calculates needed MoonData from SPICE toolbox
- get_moon_datas_from_extra_kernels - Calculates needed MoonData from SPICE toolbox and using data from extra kernels for the observer body
Requirements
- python>=3.7
- numpy>=1.21.5
- spiceypy>=5.0.0
Installation
pip install spicedmoon
Kernels
In order to use the package, a directory with all the kernels must be downloaded.
That directory must contain the following kernels:
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/JUNO/kernels/spk/de421.bsp
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/pds/wgc/kernels/pck/earth_070425_370426_predict.bpc
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/fk/planets/earth_assoc_itrf93.tf
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/pck/earth_latest_high_prec.bpc
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/fk/satellites/moon_080317.tf
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/pck/moon_pa_de421_1900-2050.bpc
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/lsk/naif0011.tls
- https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/pck/pck00010.tpc
Usage
If one wanted to obtain the lunar azimuth and zenith at Izaña Atmospheric Observatory, on 2022-01-17 at 00:00:00 (UTC), we could use the following snippet of code:
import spicedmoon as spm
lat = 28.309283
lon = -16.499143
alt = 2373
dts = ["2022-01-17 00:00:00"]
mds = spm.get_moon_datas(lat, lon, alt, dts, "./kernels")
az = mds[0].azimuth
ze = mds[0].zenith
Note that the kernels directory is called "kernels" and is located in the directory where the previous code is executed.
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