spaceappsdatahacks

Short description

Bits and pieces hacked together for SpaceApps

Long description

Python scripts to harvest data from JPL HORIZONS files and the Planetary Data System image archive for the SpaceApps Challenge:

• conv.py : Quick conversion of JPL HORIZONS spacecraft ephemeris to list-of-lists (date, X and Y only)
• getimgurl.py : find first GEOMETRICALLY_CORRECTED object image in Voyager INDEX.TAB file and construct a URL to the BROWSEable JPG in PDS.
• getimgurl3.py : better version, with fixes and output of time, date, object.
• getind.py : download INDEX.TAB files for the Voyager data.

TODO

• proper handling of all Voyager data (not just "Browse" images)
• rewrite as functions for inclusion into other programs
• expand to all mission archives in PDS (other formats/directory layouts?)

References

• SpaceView project page
• NASA HORIZONS page
• NASA HORIZONS User Manual
• NASA PDS raw data