CALCEPH

Presentation

This library is designed to access the binary planetary ephemeris files, such INPOPxx, JPL DExxx and SPICE ephemeris files.

This library provides a C Application Programming Interface (API) and, optionally, Fortran 77/2003, Python 2/3 and octave/Matlab interfaces to be called by the application.

License

This software is an open-source product distributed under three distinct licenses giving you the choice of one of the three following sets of free software/open source licensing terms. This allows the use of our code in as wide a variety of software projects as possible.

This software is governed by the CECILL-C, CECILL-B or CECILL version 2.1 license under French law and abiding by the rules of distribution of free software. You can use, modify and/or redistribute the software under the terms of the CeCILL-C, CeCILL-B or CeCILL license as circulated by CEA, CNRS and INRIA at the following URL https://cecill.info/.

Installation

The installation steps for various programming languages are described in the following links.

From sources

Download the last stable sources of the library : version 4.0.0 (April 2024) calceph-4.0.0.tar.gz

The latest development version of the source code is available using this gitlab repository.
The release notes are provided with the previous releases or with the documentation.

Using binary packages

  • C and Fortran interface

    Detailed instructions, to install the developpment files, are provided on https://calceph.imcce.fr/packages/.

    ConanCenter package
    • Linux
      Fedora, RHEL, Rocky Linux Fedora package
      Ubuntu, Debian, Opensuse, Arch Linux IMCCE packages
    • MacOS
      Homebrew version
    • Windows
      Vcpkg package
      MSYS2 package
  • Python interface
    • PyPI version
  • Octave/Matlab interface
    • Octave package

Documentation

Reference manuals

Tutorials

External tutorials are available for various languages.

  • Python interface
  • Octave/Matlab interface

Other interfaces

The following interfaces for CALCEPH are available:

Contact

The library is written by the research team Astronomie et systèmes dynamiques (CNRS/Observatoire de Paris/IMCCE).

To report issues, select the project CALCEPH in the bug tracker https://mantisbt.imcce.fr/ .

For all comments concerning these pages, contact the authors: inpop.imcce@obspm.fr.

Last update Tuesday 23 April 2024