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libnova - Celestial mechanics and astronomical calculation library

'libnova' is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics and astronomical calculation library. It can calculate aberration, nutation, apparent position, dynamical time, Julian day, precession, proper motion, sidereal time, solar coordinates (using VSOP87), coordinate transformations, planetary positions (Mercury - Neptune using VSOP87), planetary magnitude, illuminated disk and phase angle, lunar position (using ELP82), phase angle, elliptic motion of bodies (Asteroid + Comet positional and orbit data), asteroid + comet magnitudes, parabolic motion of bodies (comet positional data), orbit velocities and lengths, atmospheric refraction, rise/set/transit times, and semidiameters of the Sun, Moon, planets, and asteroids.

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Web pagehttp://libnova.sourceforge.net/
Source tarball http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libnova/libnova-0.9.tar.gz?download
Source informationhttp://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57697
Version 0.9 (beta) released on 2004-01-26
Licensed under LGPLv2orlater.
This is not a GNU package.

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  • Liam Girdwood
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Source repository:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/libnova http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=57697
Interfaceslibrary
Source languagesC
Weak prerequisitesdoxygen (to build documentation)

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License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-08-05
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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