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Revised/extended ephemeris quantities explanations
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Bill-Gray committed Apr 27, 2023
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from sun to target. This can be useful in analyzing light curves.
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The 'galactic confusion' is computed from star counts per unit
area from Gaia-DR2. Values range from zero (effectively no
confusion) to 100 (densest parts of the Milky Way, Magellanic
Clouds, or globular clusters).
The 'galactic confusion' is computed from star counts per unit area
from Gaia-DR2. Values range from zero (effectively no confusion) to
100 (densest parts of the Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds, or globular
clusters). See https://projectpluto.com/gal_conf.htm for details.
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'PsAng' is applied mostly to comets : it is the position angle at which
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The object will probably be offset from nominal somewhere along the
indicated position angle, especially if the orbit is well determined.
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Three-letter constellation abbreviations specify the constellation
containing that RA/dec, as defined by the IAU's 1930 delineation.

# Type 1 (state vectors)
# Type 2 (positions)
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