Solar System Generic Planets SPK files
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     This ``aareadme.txt'' file describes the contents of the
     kernels/spk/planets directory of the Solar System Generic SPICE
     data server.

     It was last modified on August 23rd, 2022 by Alfredo Escalante Lopez, ESAC/ESA.


Contact Information
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     If you have any questions regarding this directory or its
     contents, please contact the ESA SPICE Service at ESAC:

             Alfredo Escalante Lopez
             (+34) 91-8131-429
             spice@sciops.esa.int

           
References and required readings
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     1. ``SPK Required Reading'', NAIF Document


Brief Summary
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     This directory contains Solar System Generic SPICE SP-Kernel files
     including planets ephemerides.


Current SPK Kernels Set
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   deNNN.bsp

      SPICE SPK file containing JPL planetary ephemerides version NNN.
      Created by NAIF, JPL.


   outerplanets_vNNNN.bsp

      SPICE SPK file that contains information (predicted) for the outer
      planets of the solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
      It is meant to complement de432s.bsp, which contains information for
      their barycenters, but not the bodies themselves. This file is
      generated after several ephemeris files. Created by NAIF, JPL.


Other directory contents
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     aareadme.txt         This file.
   

Particulars
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     Nothing to report.
      
     
Kernel File Details
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     The most detailed description of the data in a binary SPK file is
     provided in metadata included inside the comment area of the file.
     This information can be viewed using the utility programs COMMNT and
     SPACIT included in the NAIF Toolkit.


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