Ephemeris

Ephemeris is a library that reads and writes NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory planetary ephemeris files, and calculates position
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  • LGPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Paul Hardy
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.ephemeris.com/software.html

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Ephemeris Description

Ephemeris is a library that reads and writes NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory planetary ephemeris files, and calculates position Ephemeris is a library that reads and writes NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory planetary ephemeris files, and calculates positions and velocities with the full precision of the original JPL software, which is written in FORTRAN. This library is written in C, and is made available for free under the Lesser Gnu Public License. The LGPL allows you to use the software for free (but without any warranty), even if you use it in software you intend to sell. Requirements:· makeINSTALLATION:To compile all programs, just type makeThere is no need to edit any files. The programs should run as is with any binary JPL ephemeris.To both compile and install the software and Unix man pages:1) Set the variable INSTALLDIR in file Makefile to the installation directory (by default, this is /usr/local/bin).2) Set the variable MAN1DIR in file Makefile to the directory where you want section 1 Unix man pages installed (by default ths is /usr/local/man/man1).3) Type make install4) To then remove object files (if you want), type make clean


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