fetch_jpl_ssd

  • Download planetary ephemerides kernels from the JPL Solar System Dynamics server

Source code

pyTMD.datasets.fetch_jpl_ssd(kernel='de440s.bsp', local: str | Path | None = None, timeout: int | None = None, mode: oct = 509)[source]

Download planetary ephemerides kernels from the JPL Solar System Dynamics server

Parameters:
kernel: str

JPL kernel file to download

local: str or pathlib.Path or NoneType, default None

Local path to kernel file

timeout: int or NoneType, default None

Timeout in seconds for blocking operations

mode: oct, default 0o775

Permissions mode of output local file

CLI

usage: fetch_jpl_ssd.py [-h] [--kernel KERNEL] [--local LOCAL]
                        [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--mode MODE]

Named Arguments

--kernel, -K

JPL kernel file to download

--local, -L

Local path to kernel file

--timeout, -t

Timeout in seconds for blocking operations

--mode, -M

Permissions mode of the files downloaded