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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -351,15 +351,17 @@ Working with ephemeris tables
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Columns in the returned ephemeris tables carry the appropriate units.
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Convert the columns to Astropy quantities using the ``.quantity ``
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- attribute. To find comet Hyakutake's peak proper motion in the sky in
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+ attribute. To find comet Encke's peak proper motion in the sky around
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+ the time of its closest approach to Earth in November 2003:
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degrees per hour:
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.. doctest-remote-data ::
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- >>> eph = MPC .get_ephemeris(' C/1996 B2' , start = ' 1996-03-01' , step = ' 1h' , number = 30 * 24 )
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- >>> print (eph[' Proper motion' ].quantity.to(' deg/h' ).max())
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- 0.17234444444444447 deg / h
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+ >>> eph = MPC .get_ephemeris(' 2P' , start = ' 2003-10-15' , step = ' 1d' , number = 60 )
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+ >>> print (eph[' Proper motion' ].quantity.to(' deg/h' ).max()) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP
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+ 0.1259361111111111 deg / h
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Sky coordinates are returned as quantities carrying units of degrees.
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If a sexagesimal representation is desired, they may be replaced with
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