planetmapper

PlanetMapper is an open source Python package for visualising, navigating and mapping Solar System observations.

Documentation

For full documentation, API reference, and installation instructions, visit planetmapper.readthedocs.io.

Installation

pip install planetmapper --upgrade

conda install -c conda-forge planetmapper

Requires Python 3.10+

Citing PlanetMapper

If you use PlanetMapper in your research, please cite the following paper:

King et al., (2023). PlanetMapper: A Python package for visualising, navigating and mapping Solar System observations. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(90), 5728, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05728

Citation BibTeX entry

@article{king_2023_planetmapper,
  author  = {King, Oliver R. T. and Fletcher, Leigh N.},
  doi     = {10.21105/joss.05728},
  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
  month   = oct,
  number  = {90},
  pages   = {5728},
  title   = {{PlanetMapper: A Python package for visualising, navigating and mapping Solar System observations}},
  url     = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05728},
  volume  = {8},
  year    = {2023}
}

Key features

Fit and map astronomical observations using a full featured user interface

Easily visualise solar system observations with just a few lines of code

import planetmapper
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

body = planetmapper.Body('saturn', '2020-01-01')
body.plot_wireframe_radec()
plt.show()

Convert coordinates, generate backplanes and project maps of telescope observations

Contributing

If you spot a bug, or want to contribute code to PlanetMapper, check out the contributing guidelines.

Help and support

If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, please visit our support page and get in touch!