Methods for automatically downloading SPICE kernels for various objects. This is essentially a library of SPICE kernels that are available online, so users don’t have go go hunting for them. If you know a kernel is out of date, and HelioPy should be using a newer kernel please let us know at https://github.com/heliopython/heliopy/issues.
| Name | Identifier | Kernel URL(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Leap Second Kernel | lsk | [1] |
| Planet trajectories | planet_trajectories | [1] |
| Planet orientations | planet_orientations | [1] |
| Name | Identifier | Kernel URL(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Orbiter 2020 | solo_2020 | [1] |
| Helios 1 | helios1 | [1] [2] |
| Helios 2 | helios2 | [1] |
| Juno reconstructed | juno_rec | [1] |
| Juno predicted | juno_pred | [1] |
| Ulysses | ulysses | [1] |
heliopy.data.spice.get_kernel(name)¶Get the local location of a kernel.
If a kernel isn’t available locally, it is downloaded.
| Parameters: | name (str) – Kernel name. See Generic kernels and Spacecraft kernels for lists of available names. The name should be a string from the “Identifier” column of one of the tables. |
|---|---|
| Returns: | List of the locations of kernels that have been downloaded. |
| Return type: | list |