PlanetMapper
PlanetMapper is an open source Python package for visualising, navigating and mapping Solar System observations.
Key features
Fit and map astronomical observations using a full featured user interface
Easily visualise solar system observations with just a few lines of code
body = planetmapper.Body('saturn', '2020-01-01')
body.plot_wireframe_radec()
plt.show()
Convert coordinates, generate backplanes and project maps of telescope observations
Citing PlanetMapper
If you use PlanetMapper in your research, please cite the following paper:
King et al., (2023). PlanetMapper: A Python package for visualising, navigating and mapping Solar System observations. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(90), 5728, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05728
@article{king_2023_planetmapper,
author = {King, Oliver R. T. and Fletcher, Leigh N.},
doi = {10.21105/joss.05728},
journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
month = oct,
number = {90},
pages = {5728},
title = {{PlanetMapper: A Python package for visualising, navigating and mapping Solar System observations}},
url = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05728},
volume = {8},
year = {2023}
}
Getting Started
- Installation
- SPICE kernels
- Common issues & solutions
- General solutions
- Installation issues
ContentTooShortErrorwhen downloading SPICE kernels- SPICE Errors
- Planets appear in the wrong position
- PlanetMapper crashes when running graphical user interface over SSH
- Wireframe plots appear warped or distorted
- RA/Dec wireframe plots appear split into two halves
- Help & support
Examples