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Standards of Fundamental Astronomy
Stable release
2018-01-30 / 2018-01-30
Written inC and Fortran
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeNumerical library
LicenseSOFA Software License
Websitehttp://www.iausofa.org/

The Standards of Fundamental Astronomy (SOFA) software libraries are a collection of subroutines that implement official International Astronomical Union (IAU) algorithms for astronomical computations.

As of February 2009 they are available in both Fortran and C source code format.

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Astronomical Almanac

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; the IAU Standards Of Fundamental Astronomy (SOFA) initiative; the Institut de Mécanique Céleste...

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Barycentric and geocentric celestial reference systems

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Standard gravitational parameter

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Gravitational constant

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Solar mass

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Astronomical coordinate systems

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in the IAU library Standards of Fundamental Astronomy and Section B of the Astronomical Almanac for example, the azimuth is East of North. In navigation...

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Atmospheric refraction

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Jupiter mass

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Equator

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Astronomy

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Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry...

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Galactic astronomy

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Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way galaxy and all its contents. This is in contrast to extragalactic astronomy, which is the study of everything...

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Earth mass

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TNT equivalent

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Speed of light

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Earth radius

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Julian day

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in the unlikely event of a negative leap second, 86,399 seconds). One authoritative source, the Standards of Fundamental Astronomy (SOFA), deals with this...

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Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Subroutines

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operations), and present a more Pythonic interface. Astronomy portal Standards of Fundamental Astronomy Kaplan, George H. "NOVAS". Retrieved 2015-07-16....

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Astronomical unit

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planetary ephemeris and its applications in fundamental physics". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 111 (3): 363. arXiv:1108.5546. Bibcode:2011CeMDA...

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Cosmic distance ladder

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the Sun through the Solar System. The most important fundamental distance measurements in astronomy come from trigonometric parallax, as applied in the...

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Parallax in astronomy

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The most important fundamental distance measurements in astronomy come from trigonometric parallax, as applied in the stellar parallax method. As the Earth...

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Physics

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of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy...

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Equatorial coordinate system

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of celestial objects. It may be implemented in spherical or rectangular coordinates, both defined by an origin at the centre of Earth, a fundamental plane...

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List of most massive stars

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Elementary particle

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an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles. The Standard Model presently recognizes...

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Astronomical constant

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List of most luminous stars

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