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diff --git a/astro/py-ephem/pkg-descr b/astro/py-ephem/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e1e13750f7d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/astro/py-ephem/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +PyEphem provides an ephem Python package for performing high-precision +astronomy computations. The underlying numeric routines are coded in C +and are the same ones that drive the popular XEphem astronomy application, +whose author, Elwood Charles Downey, generously gave permission for their +use in PyEphem. The name ephem is short for the word ephemeris, which is +the traditional term for a table giving the position of a planet, asteroid, +or comet for a series of dates. + +WWW: https://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/ +WWW: https://pypi.org/project/ephem/ |