pylanetary

Open-source solar system science research tools, with a focus on giant planet systems.

Features

• Navigation and re-projection for solar system imaging observations

• Read/write navigated solar system images and backplanes in the NAV multi-extension fits format

• Solar-system-specific unit conversions like I/F

• Ring-moon system modeling and model-data comparison

• (coming soon) Doppler winds from giant planet radio observations

Projects using pylanetary

• Keck Twilight Zone program

• HST OPAL program

• Radio observers of giant planets, incl. Goddard, Berkeley, and Caltech groups