On Mon, 7 May 2012 11:13:01 +0200
Ivan Marti-Vidal <[email protected]>
wrote:

> By the way, I would like to ask you if someone has considered the
> possibility of using the ephemeris files from the Jet Propulsion
> Laboratory in Stellarium. These files are given for free and are
> extremely precise (e.g., they consider the orbital precessions due to
> Relativity, perturbations between the planets, and so on). Also, the
> algorithms to compute planets positions from the provided tables are
> *extremely* fast.

May I suggest using Swiss Ephmeris library:

http://www.astro.com/swisseph/swephinfo_e.htm?lang=e

...using less space than JPL (they're compressed) and there are even
Moshier algorithms included which do not require ephemeris data.


Sincerely,
Gour

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