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APIs

Several APIs are available for programmatic access to various tools and data sets used in this website. The following list provides for each API the name (linked to full documentation), a brief description, and the related page on this website. APIs are listed in alphabetical order.

API (documentation) Description Related Page
Horizons Provides programmatic (batch) access to the Horizons system Horizons system
JD Date/Time Converter Julian Day number to/from calendar date/time converter JD Date/Time Converter
Periodic Orbits Interactive interface to database of periodic orbits Three-Body Periodic Orbits
SB Identification Search for known small-bodies within a specified FOV at a specific time Small-Body Identification
SB Mission Design Provides programmatic access to the Small-body mission design suite Small-Body Mission Design
SB Observability Provides a list of observable small-bodies from a specified location on a specific date Small-Body Observability
SB Radar Astrometry Provides access to available small-body radar astrometry data Small-Body Radar Astrometry
SB Satellites Provides data related to satellites of small-bodies Small-Body Satellites
SBDB Small-Body DataBase (SBDB) - provide primarily orbital data for the specified small body Small-Body Lookup
SBDB Query Access data from the small-body database matching various user-specified constraints Small-Body Query