Package: calceph
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: calceph
Version: 4.0.1
Upstream Author: IMCCE (imcce.fr)
* URL: https://gitlab.obspm.fr/imcce_calceph/calceph
* License: CECILL-2.0 OR CECILL-B OR CECILL-C
Programming Lang: C
Description: The CALCEPH C library for handling Solar-system
ephemeris files
The CALCEPH C library provides an API to access both NASA/JPL (SPK)
ephemeris files as well as those in INPOP 2.0/3.0 format. Such ephemeris
files are essential for calculating precise positions and velocities for
Solar-system objects, and are an important component for all precision
astronomy tools that handle Solar-system bodies with precision. It is a
well-maintained library with a proper gitlab repository, and released
under an open-source license. CALCEPH is already packaged for Fedora/RPM
but there is not yet a Debian package for it.
Further documentation of CALCEPH is available at
https://calceph.imcce.fr/docs/4.0.0/html/c/
The proposed package will become a soft dependency of the existing
supernovas astrometry package (for the upcoming v1.2.0 release), and
will allow properly integrated ephemeris handling for SuperNOVAS.
The package will maintained within the Debian Astronomy Working Group. A
git repository will be created on salsa:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian-astro-team/drms.git
cheers,
-- Attila
