CALCEPH 4.0.5 - Python language

This manual documents how to install and use the CALCEPH Library using the Python interface.

Authors : M. Gastineau, J. Laskar, A. Fienga, H. Manche

• Introduction
• Installation
  • Instructions
    • Using pip
    • Using Anaconda
• Library interface
  • A simple example program
  • Modules
  • Types
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin
    • calcephpy.NaifId
    • calcephpy.Constants
  • Constants
    • VERSION_MAJOR
    • VERSION_MINOR
    • VERSION_PATCH
    • VERSION_STRING
    • ASTEROID
    • UNIT_AU
    • UNIT_KM
    • UNIT_DAY
    • UNIT_SEC
    • UNIT_RAD
    • OUTPUT_EULERANGLES
    • OUTPUT_NUTATIONANGLES
    • USE_NAIFID
    • SEGTYPE_ORIG_0
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_1
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_2
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_3
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_5
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_8
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_9
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_12
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_13
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_14
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_17
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_18
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_19
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_20
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_21
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_102
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_103
    • SEGTYPE_SPK_120
• Multiple file access functions
  • Time notes
  • Thread notes
  • Usage
  • Functions
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.open
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.open()
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.open()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.prefetch
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.prefetch()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.isthreadsafe
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.isthreadsafe()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.compute
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.compute()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.compute_unit
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.compute_unit()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.orient_unit
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.orient_unit()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.rotangmom_unit
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.rotangmom_unit()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.compute_order
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.compute_order()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.orient_order
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.orient_order()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.rotangmom_order
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.rotangmom_order()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstant
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstant()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantsd
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantsd()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantvd
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantvd()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantss
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantss()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantvs
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantvs()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantcount
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantcount()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantindex
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getconstantindex()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getfileversion
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getfileversion()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getidbyname
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getidbyname()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getnamebyidss
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getnamebyidss()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.gettimescale
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.gettimescale()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.gettimespan
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.gettimespan()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getpositionrecordcount
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getpositionrecordcount()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getpositionrecordindex
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getpositionrecordindex()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getpositionrecordindex2
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getpositionrecordindex2()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getorientrecordcount
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getorientrecordcount()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getorientrecordindex
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getorientrecordindex()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getorientrecordindex2
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.getorientrecordindex2()
    • calcephpy.CalcephBin.close
      • calcephpy.CalcephBin.close()
• Error functions
  • Usage
  • calcephpy.seterrorhandler
    • calcephpy.seterrorhandler()
• Miscellaneous functions
  • calcephpy.getmaxsupportedorder
    • calcephpy.getmaxsupportedorder()
  • calcephpy.getversion_str
    • calcephpy.getversion_str()
• NAIF identification numbers
  • Sun and planetary barycenters
  • Coordinate Time ephemerides
  • Planet centers and satellites
  • Comets
• Release notes
• Reporting bugs
• CALCEPH Library Copying conditions