# Astro/Space

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## [\[ANN\] GMAT.jl: Run NASA's General Mission Analysis Tool from Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gmat-jl-run-nasas-general-mission-analysis-tool-from-julia/45959)

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**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gmat-jl-run-nasas-general-mission-analysis-tool-from-julia/45959 "2020-09-02T16:54:53Z")

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Hi folks, I want to announce another small but exciting package: https://github.com/JuliaSpace/GMAT.jl This package allows you to run scripts written for NASA’s General Mission Analysis Tool from the convenience of yo…

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## [\[ANN\] EarthOrientation.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-earthorientation-jl/5200)

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**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-earthorientation-jl/5200 "2020-08-28T06:39:25Z")

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I proudly present EarthOrientation.jl. Fetch the latest IERS tables: using EarthOrientation EarthOrientation.update() Get the current Earth orientation parameters, e.g. for polar motion: xp, yp = polarmotion(now()) #…

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## [\[ANN\] SPICE.jl: A wrapper for NASA‘s SPICE toolkit](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-spice-jl-a-wrapper-for-nasa-s-spice-toolkit/23381)

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**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-spice-jl-a-wrapper-for-nasa-s-spice-toolkit/23381 "2020-08-04T06:32:11Z")

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Hi y‘all, Finally I am happy to announce the SPICE.jl wrapper for the SPICE toolkit which is provided by NASA’s Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) and provides functionality to read SPICE data files an…

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## [\[ANN\] New Version of AstroTime.jl v0.4.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-version-of-astrotime-jl-v0-4-0/36340)

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**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-version-of-astrotime-jl-v0-4-0/36340 "2020-03-22T10:15:15Z")

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Hey folks, There is a new version of AstroTime.jl which is sufficiently different to warrant a new announcement here :tada: While the user-facing API has remained fairly stable, one of the most important features, tran…

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## [\[ANN\] SatelliteToolbox.jl v0.7.0 =\> IGRFv13 and RV to TLE conversion](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-satellitetoolbox-jl-v0-7-0-igrfv13-and-rv-to-tle-conversion/35060)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-satellitetoolbox-jl-v0-7-0-igrfv13-and-rv-to-tle-conversion/35060 "2020-02-24T01:42:51Z")

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Hi! I have just registered a new version of SatelliteToolbox.jl (v0.7.0). It was supposed to be a somewhat small release. However, I decided to make a huge change in some parts because I was using a very old way of pro…

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## [\[ANN\] SatelliteToolbox v0.6.3](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-satellitetoolbox-v0-6-3/29760)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-satellitetoolbox-v0-6-3/29760 "2019-10-11T02:07:35Z")

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Hi! I have just tagged the v0.6.3 of SatelliteToolbox.jl (it should be accepted soon, the PR can be seen here). This is a very interesting release. The modifications were: A bug in eclipse time computation was fixed. T…

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## [Predict impact locations of astroid 2006QV89](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/predict-impact-locations-of-astroid-2006qv89/25416)

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**Author:** [@chakravala](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chakravala)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/predict-impact-locations-of-astroid-2006qv89/25416 "2019-06-20T05:53:26Z")

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Could someone use Julia to predict what location on Earth would be affected if 2006QV89 impacts Earth? I imagine it would depend on the Earth’s daily rotation at the time. Please let me know if somebody can predict what…

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## [\[ANN\] SatelliteToolbox.jl v0.6.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-satellitetoolbox-jl-v0-6-0/22287)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-satellitetoolbox-jl-v0-6-0/22287 "2019-03-29T13:38:21Z")

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Hi guys! We now have a new version of SatelliteToolbox.jl. The most important things are: Support for the entire IAU-2006/2010 theory (CIO approach); Support for state vectors, including conversion between all support…

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## [Towards new solutions for scientific computing: the case of Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/towards-new-solutions-for-scientific-computing-the-case-of-julia/18302)

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**Author:** [@Maurizio\_Tomasi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maurizio_Tomasi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/towards-new-solutions-for-scientific-computing-the-case-of-julia/18302 "2019-03-13T10:19:03Z")

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Hi to everybody, @giordano and I have submitted a paper for the Proceedings of ADASS 2018. It is available here: \[1812.01219\] Towards new solutions for scientific computing: the case of Julia. Slides of the talk I gave …

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## [SatelliteToolbox.jl now supports IAU-2006/2010 model](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-now-supports-iau-2006-2010-model/20915)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-now-supports-iau-2006-2010-model/20915 "2019-02-18T06:05:58Z")

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Hi guys! Just want to announce that with the latest set of commits, SatelliteToolbox.jl now supports the entire IAU-2006/2010 theory (CIO approach). The code is 100% written in Julia without requiring external libraries.…

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## [\[ANN\] AstroTime.jl: Astronomical time keeping in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-astrotime-jl-astronomical-time-keeping-in-julia/20496)

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**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-astrotime-jl-astronomical-time-keeping-in-julia/20496 "2019-02-07T00:24:55Z")

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Hi folks! I have finally published the first version of AstroTime.jl :tada: This one has been an almost astronomically long time in the making (sorry, could not resist :smile:). The first commit (when the code was stil…

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## [\[ANN\] MOID.jl and VSOP87.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-moid-jl-and-vsop87-jl/19785)

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**Author:** [@mkretlow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkretlow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-moid-jl-and-vsop87-jl/19785 "2019-01-18T14:14:22Z")

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Hello Julians. I like to announce two packages: https://github.com/mkretlow/MOID.jl and https://github.com/mkretlow/VSOP87.jl MOID.jl computes the Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance (MOID) for two given confocal, el…

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## [Problem in installing SPICE.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-in-installing-spice-jl/19657)

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**Author:** [@theeJoker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/theeJoker)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-in-installing-spice-jl/19657 "2019-01-15T14:08:55Z")

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It has been two days since I am trying to install SPICE.jl but got no luck. I have tried it on Julia 1.0 I am getting the error ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package Requests \[df88083b\]: \*\* Requests …

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## [SatelliteToolbox.jl v0.5.0 has been tagged](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-v0-5-0-has-been-tagged/19039)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
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**Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-v0-5-0-has-been-tagged/19039 "2018-12-27T17:08:30Z")

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Hi guys! I have just tagged the v0.5.0 of SatelliteToolbox.jl. This is a huge release (I think the biggest one of this package) that contains almost 2 months of work. Here is a summary of the changes (for a complete lis…

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## [ReferenceFrameRotations v0.5.0 has been tagged](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/referenceframerotations-v0-5-0-has-been-tagged/17725)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/referenceframerotations-v0-5-0-has-been-tagged/17725 "2018-11-19T18:34:55Z")

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Hi guys! This is not directly related to Astro/Space, but I did not find a more appropriate local to post this. I have just tagged the v0.5.0 do ReferenceFrameRotations.jl. Now, we have full support for the four differ…

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## [Space indices can now be fetch automatically in SatelliteToolbox.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/space-indices-can-now-be-fetch-automatically-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/17100)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/space-indices-can-now-be-fetch-automatically-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/17100 "2018-11-02T20:25:10Z")

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Hi guys! I have just pushed a lot of modifications to SatelliteToolbox.jl. I added the support for fetching space indices that are required to compute atmospheric models. Right now, we have support to get these indices: …

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## [Jacchia-Roberts 1971 Atmospheric model is now available in SatelliteToolbox.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jacchia-roberts-1971-atmospheric-model-is-now-available-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/16758)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
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**Last updated:** [October 24, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jacchia-roberts-1971-atmospheric-model-is-now-available-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/16758 "2018-10-24T20:06:36Z")

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Hi guys! I just want to let you know that we now have a native implementation of The Jacchia-Roberts 1971 atmospheric model in SatelliteToolbox.jl. You just need to use master because I still need to do somethings befor…

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## [Jacchia-Bowman 2008 Atmospheric model is now available in SatelliteToolbox.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jacchia-bowman-2008-atmospheric-model-is-now-available-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/16375)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jacchia-bowman-2008-atmospheric-model-is-now-available-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/16375 "2018-10-18T02:50:44Z")

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Hi guys! I am back! I just want to let you know that we now have a native implementation of the Jacchia-Bowman 2008 atmospheric model in SatelliteToolbox.jl. You just need to use master because I still need to implement…

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## [SatelliteToolbox.jl and ReferenceFrameRotations.jl has now full support for Julia 0.7 and 1.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-and-referenceframerotations-jl-has-now-full-support-for-julia-0-7-and-1-0/13054)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
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**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-and-referenceframerotations-jl-has-now-full-support-for-julia-0-7-and-1-0/13054 "2018-08-09T02:38:07Z")

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Hi guys! I just tagged v0.3.0 of both SatelliteToolbox.jl and ReferenceFrameRotations.jl. With those new version, full support for v0.7 and v1.0 is added (no more warnings! :tada::tada::tada:). Unfortunately, together …

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## [SatelliteToolbox.jl can now read lots of gravity models! And everything is validated :)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-can-now-read-lots-of-gravity-models-and-everything-is-validated/11723)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/satellitetoolbox-jl-can-now-read-lots-of-gravity-models-and-everything-is-validated/11723 "2018-06-19T09:14:02Z")

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Hi guys! I have heavily modified the way I was implementing the gravitational model (EGM96 and 2008). It turns out that all the static models (in which the coefficients do not change with time) use the very same equatio…

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## [NRLMSISE-00 Atmospheric Model is now available in SatelliteToolbox.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nrlmsise-00-atmospheric-model-is-now-available-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/11667)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nrlmsise-00-atmospheric-model-is-now-available-in-satellitetoolbox-jl/11667 "2018-06-16T01:36:39Z")

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Hi guys! The master branch of SatelliteToolbox.jl has now the atmospheric model NRLMSISE-00. I need this because it will be integrated into the numerical orbit propagator that I am coding. However, since I am no expert …

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## [Julia now has a native SGP4/SDP4 implementation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-now-has-a-native-sgp4-sdp4-implementation/11376)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-now-has-a-native-sgp4-sdp4-implementation/11376 "2018-06-04T22:47:33Z")

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Hi guys! I am happy to announce that I finished the first version of the SGP4/SDP4 implementation 100% written in Julia. The source code is part of SatelliteToolbox.jl. Notice that I did not tag yet, so you need to use m…

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## [Introducing the package SatelliteToolbox.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/introducing-the-package-satellitetoolbox-jl/10872)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/introducing-the-package-satellitetoolbox-jl/10872 "2018-05-27T02:13:59Z")

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Hi guys! Today, I finally made public the SatelliteToolbox.jl. This is a toolbox constructed at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) that contains a lot of useful algorithms for satellite simulatio…

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## [\[ANN\] New version of AstroLib.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-version-of-astrolib-jl/6729)

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**Author:** [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-version-of-astrolib-jl/6729 "2017-10-28T16:47:13Z")

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Version v0.2.0 of AstroLib.jl has been tagged. This is the first release featuring the work made by Kumar Prasun (@TestSubjector) during last Google Summer of Code, under the umbrella of OpenAstronomy. Kumar ported sev…

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## [UnitfulAstro.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unitfulastro-jl/6004)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Eastwood](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Michael_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unitfulastro-jl/6004 "2017-09-21T16:05:30Z")

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Hello fellow astro Julians. I’ve finally gotten around to polishing up a package that I’ve wanted to have for a very long time. That is, a units package that includes a bunch of the crazy astronomy units that we’ve come…

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