Hello all, I am very pleased to announce poliastro 0.4.0, a MIT licensed, pure Python library for studying Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics problems!
https://poliastro.github.io/ This release several new features: * Angle conversion functions * Equinoctial elements * Numerical propagation * Python 3.5 and NumPy 1.10 compatibility You can install it using either pip or conda: $ pip install poliastro $ conda install poliastro --channel poliastro If you want to see an overview of poliastro capabilities, check out this IPython notebook describing how to plot the trajectory of rover Curiosity to Mars: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/poliastro/poliastro/blob/0.4.x/examples/Going%20to%20Mars%20with%20Python%20using%20poliastro.ipynb poliastro is an open source collection of Python subroutines for solving problems in Astrodynamics and Orbital Mechanics. It combines cutting edge technologies like Python JIT compiling (using numba) with young, well developed astronomy packages (like astropy and jplephem) to provide a user friendly API for solving Astrodynamics problems. It is therefore a experiment to mix the best Python open source practices with my love for Orbital Mechanics. The User Guide explains the basic use of the library and examples are provided in the form of IPython notebooks. See the "What's new" document and the GitHub log for a complete list of changes. https://poliastro.github.io/changelog.html#new-in-poliastro-0-4-0 The project is still a work in progress and the codebase is subject to change. Contributions, bug reports, suggestions and advice are more than welcome! https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/issues Best regards, Juan Luis Cano -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
