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 If you know a kernel is out of date, and HelioPy should be using a newer kernel please let us know at https://github.com/heliopython/heliopy/issues.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) |
|---|---|---|
| Clementine-Goddard Space Flight Center | clem_gsfc | [1] |
| Clementine-Jet Propulsion Laboratory | clem_jpl | [1] |
| Clementine-Naval Research Laboratory | clem_nrl | [1] |
| Deep Impact-Adjusted | deepimpact_adjusted | [1] |
| Deep Impact-Complete | deepimpact_complete | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Deep Impact-Original | deepimpact_original | [1] |
| Deep Space | deepspace | [1] |
| EPOXI-DIXI | epoxi_dixi | [1] |
| EPOXI-ePOCh | epoxi_epoch | [1] |
| Hayabusa-Complete | hayabusa_complete | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Helios 1 Predicted | helios1_pred | [1] |
| Helios 1 Reconstructed | helios1_rec | [1] |
| Helios 2 | helios2 | [1] |
| Juno Predicted | juno_pred | [1] |
| Juno Reconstructed | juno_rec | [1] |
| Solar Orbiter 2020 | solo_2020 | [1] |
| STEREO-A | stereo_a | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] |
| 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 |