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133: 201:. During the week of 12 April 2021, the Horizons ephemeris system was updated to replace the DE430/431 planetary ephemeris, used since 2013, with the new DE440/441 solution. The new DE440/441 general-purpose planetary solution includes seven additional years of ground and space-based astrometric data, data calibrations, and dynamical model improvements, most significantly involving Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt. Inclusion of 30 new Kuiper-belt masses, and the Kuiper Belt ring mass, results in a time-varying shift of ~100 km in DE441's barycenter relative to DE431. 36: 370: 256:
it is impossible to know if an object with a weak hyperbolic trajectory will truly be ejected or gently nudged back inward. The galactic tide and passing stars can also cause objects inbound from the Oort cloud to have a weakly hyperbolic trajectory.
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The Horizons system was intended to be easy to use and should have a step-function learning curve.
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provides access to key Solar System data and flexible production of highly accurate
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Graphic representation of JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System output values
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of PR= 9.99E+99. For objects orbiting the Sun, this is best computed at an
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There are 3 ways to use the system and all of them can be automated:
323: 275: 131: 406: 324:"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): What's the exact value of..." 306:"Cercansi collaboratori per interfaccia grafica NASA Horizons" 269: 29: 173:, a few other usually small physical forces, and requires 204:In September 2021 JPL started transitioning from 346:Jet Propulsion Laboratory (August 28, 2015). 317: 315: 8: 194:Since August 2013, Horizons has been using 120:Learn how and when to remove this message 297: 69:"JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System" 56:Please improve this article by adding 393:JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System 141:JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System 7: 350:. "Long term ephemeridies" section 25: 322:Alan B. Chamberlin (2006-02-28). 210:application programming interface 375:Solution using the Solar System 34: 1: 169:by all planets, a few of the 58:secondary or tertiary sources 403:HORIZONS Batch-Interface CGI 448: 147:for Solar System objects. 327:JPL Solar System Dynamics 181:Jet Propulsion Laboratory 157:(such as produced by the 206:common gateway interface 236:of AD= 9.99E+99 and an 159:JPL Small-Body Database 348:"HORIZONS User Manual" 137: 45:relies excessively on 189:Cartesian coordinates 175:numerical integration 135: 27:Astronomical database 397:HORIZONS User Manual 432:JPL online services 232:greater than 1, an 226:ejection trajectory 185:equations of motion 151:Osculating elements 427:Astronomy websites 308:. 28 October 2019. 138: 407:JPL SSD/CNEOS API 369:Horizons output. 261:Overview of usage 234:apoapsis distance 224:) on an outbound 220:Objects (such as 130: 129: 122: 104: 16:(Redirected from 439: 380: 374: 366: 360: 359: 357: 355: 343: 337: 336: 334: 333: 319: 310: 309: 302: 272:(partial access) 171:larger asteroids 125: 118: 114: 111: 105: 103: 62: 38: 30: 21: 447: 446: 442: 441: 440: 438: 437: 436: 412: 411: 389: 384: 383: 368: 367: 363: 353: 351: 345: 344: 340: 331: 329: 321: 320: 313: 304: 303: 299: 294: 263: 218: 126: 115: 109: 106: 63: 61: 55: 51:primary sources 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 445: 443: 435: 434: 429: 424: 414: 413: 410: 409: 400: 388: 387:External links 385: 382: 381: 361: 338: 311: 296: 295: 293: 290: 286: 285: 279: 273: 262: 259: 217: 214: 128: 127: 42: 40: 33: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 444: 433: 430: 428: 425: 423: 420: 419: 417: 408: 404: 401: 398: 394: 391: 390: 386: 378: 372: 365: 362: 349: 342: 339: 328: 325: 318: 316: 312: 307: 301: 298: 291: 289: 284:(full access) 283: 280: 278:(full access) 277: 274: 271: 268: 267: 266: 260: 258: 255: 254:passing stars 251: 250:galactic tide 248:. Due to the 247: 243: 239: 235: 231: 228:will show an 227: 223: 215: 213: 211: 207: 202: 200: 197: 192: 190: 186: 182: 178: 176: 172: 168: 167:perturbations 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 146: 142: 134: 124: 121: 113: 102: 99: 95: 92: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: –  70: 66: 65:Find sources: 59: 53: 52: 48: 43:This article 41: 37: 32: 31: 19: 364: 352:. Retrieved 341: 330:. Retrieved 300: 287: 264: 246:perturbation 238:orbit period 230:eccentricity 219: 203: 193: 179: 149: 140: 139: 116: 110:October 2014 107: 97: 90: 83: 76: 64: 44: 18:JPL Horizons 354:January 10, 153:at a given 145:ephemerides 422:Astrometry 416:Categories 377:Barycenter 332:2011-01-20 292:References 80:newspapers 47:references 222:C/1980 E1 208:(CGI) to 196:ephemeris 216:Ejection 163:two-body 212:(API). 94:scholar 282:Telnet 96:  89:  82:  75:  67:  276:Email 242:epoch 199:DE431 155:epoch 101:JSTOR 87:books 356:2016 252:and 73:news 270:Web 187:in 49:to 418:: 405:/ 314:^ 177:. 60:. 399:) 395:( 373:. 358:. 335:. 123:) 117:( 112:) 108:( 98:· 91:· 84:· 77:· 54:. 20:)

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