JPL Horizons

JPL Horizons

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[#JPL Horizons JPL Horizons]

[#JPL Horizons-Description Description]

[#JPL Horizons-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#JPL Horizons-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#JPL Horizons-Bibliography Bibliography]

Description

An ephemeris service provided by the [/JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory]. This is the definitive source of information about the Moon's location and orientation in space as viewed from any position in the solar system.
 
 

Additional Information

• Horizons website
• In addition to the lunar ephemeris, Horizons provides similar information for all major and many minor solar system bodies.
• [/file/view/How%20to%20use%20JPL%20Horizons.rtf/34283361/How%20to%20use%20JPL%20Horizons.rtf How to use JPL Horizons.rtf]

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   : if you need help learning to use the Horizons system, here is a downloadable text file explaining how to use the Horizons web interface to determine exactly what the Moon would have looked like to [/Galileo%20Galilei Galileo Galilei] if he happened to be looking from his home in Italy on the evening of November 30, 1609. - JimMosher JimMosher

Since the preceding document was prepared, a Tutorial has appeared on the Horizons website giving clearer details of how to use the ephemeris, including targeting specific features on the Moon.

LPOD Articles

Bibliography

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