orbital.bodies¶

The planets of the solar system are defined in this module.

For example, earth can be imported as follows:

from orbital.bodies import earth

The definition of specific apside names allows the following code:

>>> from orbital import KeplerianElements, uranus

>>> orbit = KeplerianElements.with_altitude(6e8, body=uranus)
>>> orbit.apouranion_radius
625362000.0
>>> orbit.apocenter_radius == orbit.apouranion_radius
True

The full list of defined planets and their apside names is shown below:

Body	Apoapsis Names	Periapsis Names
mercury	Aphermion	Perihermion
venus	Apocytherion	Pericytherion
	Apocytherean	Pericytherean
	Apokrition	Perikrition
earth	Apogee	Perigee
mars	Apoareion	Periareion
jupiter	Apozene	Perizene
jupiter	Apojove	Perijove
saturn	Apokrone	Perikrone
saturn	Aposaturnium	Perisaturnium
uranus	Apouranion	Periuranion
neptune	Apoposeidon	Periposeidon