Heliocentric Trajectories for Selected Spacecraft, Planets, and Comets

Heliocentric Trajectories for Selected Spacecraft, Planets, and Comets

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Trajectory data books of 1986, 1991, 1997
Geocentric orbits from SSCWeb

List of Heliospheric Objects and their time spans available

 
ARTEMIS-P1(THEMIS-B) 2009  023 - 2011  228  NEWHORIZONS     2006  033 - 2015  181 
ARTEMIS-P2(THEMIS-C) 2009  023 - 2011  228  PIONEER 10      1972  063 - 2005  365
CASSINI              1997  289 - 2017  264  PIONEER 11      1973  096 - 1999  365
DAWN                 2007  270 - 2010  101  PHOBOS 2        1988  195 - 1989  030
EARTH (IMP8,etc *)   1965  001 - 2020  365  Rosetta         2004  063 - 2014  142 
GALILEO              1989  299 - 2015  365  SAKIGAKE        1985  021 - 1997  365  
GIOTTO               1992  001 - 1992  366  SATURN          1965  001 - 2020  365
HELIOS 1             1974  345 - 1985  365  STEREOA         2006  300 - 2029  168 
HELIOS 2             1976  001 - 1985  365  STEREOB         2006  300 - 2029  167  
ICE                  1984  001 - 1999  365  SUISEI          1989  001 - 1999  365
ICE_Return           2008  212 - 2014  221
JUPITER              1965  001 - 2020  365  ULYSSES         1990  280 - 2049  365
MARS SCIENCE LAB.    2011  331 - 2012  218  VENUS (PVO *)   1978  001 - 1999  365
MERCURY              2000  001 - 2012  366  VOYAGER 1       1977  249 - 2020  366
MESSENGER            2004  217 - 2012  091  VOYAGER 2       1977  233 - 2021  004 

COMET GRIGG-SKJLP    1992  001 - 1993  001 COMET BORRELLY   2000  001 - 2002  365  
COMET H-M-P          1996  001 - 1996  062 COMET WILD 2     2002  001 - 2004  366  
COMET HALE-BOPP      1997  001 - 1997  365 COMET HYAKUTAKE  1995  244 - 1996  366  
COMET HALLEY         1984  001 - 1987  365 COMET GACOBINI-ZINNER 1984  001 - 1986  365

*Orbit data are for the planets and not specifically for the spacecraft in orbit about the planets. On a heliospheric scale, differences are very small. For instance, the heliocentric longitudes of an L1 spacecraft at Ygse = 100 Re and the Earth differ by only 0.25 degrees

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Optional: Name of additional S/C or object 2*:
*In this case the difference of between coordinates of main and additional objects will be calculated

More precise coordinates, and some planet-centered coordinates, are found in the "traj" subdirectories
of spacecraft-specific directories at ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacecraft_data.

An alternative site is http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi

If you have any question/comments about WWW access to the ephemerides data,
contact: Dr. Natalia Papitashvili, E-mail:Natalia.E.Papitashvili@nasa.gov,
Mail Code 672, NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771