Asteroids Python Packages

grss

Gauss-Radau Small-body Simulator

space-rocks

for space-rocks :new_moon:

difi

Did I Find It?

mpc-designation

Multi-language library for converting packed/unpacked Minor Planet Center designations (asteroids, comets, satellites)

pykepler

kepler is a C and Python astronomy library. It implements VSOP87 for the planets, ELP 2000-82B for the Moon, minor body calculations using the MPC database, IAU precession & nutation models, rise/transit/set, Moon phase, eclipse, and equinox/solstice calculations.

halospec

Halo photometry for JWST Spectroscopy

precovery

Fast precovery of small body observations at scale

astro-aleph

Aleph computes fast and accurate ephemeris of asteroids from MPCORB.DAT and astorb.dat catalogues. It joins the flexibility of astropy and the power of rebound to integrate asteroid's orbits.

cortopy

The Celestial Object Rendering TOol (CORTO) is a bundle of codes that can be used to generate synthetic images of celestial bodies

tvet

Python package that enables asteroid analysis and visualization. Asteroid orientation and illumination in the visualization reflect real-world conditions at a given time, supporting use cases such as observation planning.