New Horizons/Pluto Ephemeris Generator 3.0

2022-08-03: Release 3.0 with new options and support for JWST. See the help page for more information.

The current ephemeris selection is PLU058 + DE440.

Works for times surrounding the New Horizons flyby of Pluto on July 15, 2015.

Time Limits

Start time:
Stop time:
Interval: seconds minutes hours days

General Column Selection:

Modified Julian Date (UTC)
Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute (UTC)
Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second (UTC)
Year, DOY, Hour, Minute (UTC)
Year, DOY, Hour, Minute, Second (UTC)
Observer-Pluto distance (km)
Sun-Pluto distance (km)
Pluto phase angle (deg)
Ring plane opening angle to observer (deg)
Ring plane opening angle to Sun (deg)
Sub-observer inertial longitude (deg, J2000)
Sub-solar inertial longitude (deg, J2000)
Sub-observer latitude & rotating longitude (deg)
Sub-solar latitude & rotating longitude (deg)
Pluto RA (hours) & Dec (deg)
Earth RA (hours) & Dec (deg)
Sun RA (hours) & Dec (deg)
Pluto projected equatorial radius (deg)

Moon Column Selection:

Observer-moon distance (km)
Moon phase angle (deg)
Sub-observer latitude & rotating longitude (deg)
Sub-solar latitude & rotating longitude (deg)
RA (hours) & Dec (deg)
Offset RA & Dec from the moon (deg)
Orbital longitude relative to observer (deg)
Orbit plane opening angle to observer (deg)

Moon Selection:

Charon (P1) Styx (P5) Nix (P2) Kerberos (P4) Hydra (P3)

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