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--- spice [2021/06/13 15:37] – jrseti
+++ spice [2021/06/13 16:07] (current) – [Kernel Types] jrseti
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   * [[https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html|NAIF Toolkit Documentation]]
   * [[https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/utilities.html|NAIF utility binaries for download]]
+  * [[https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/|Generic SPICE kernels downloadable here]]
 On my MAC I downloaded pinpoint and moved it to /usr/local/bin, had to chmod to make it executable.
+====Kernel Types====
+  * (**SPK**) Ephemerides for planets, satellites, and some comets and asteroids. NOTE: See the information regarding the Horizons Ephemeris System for generating and subsequently downloading up-to-date comet and asteroid SPKs.
+  * (**PCK**) Planetary constants kernels, including special binary versions for the earth and the moon
+  * (**LSK**) Current leapseconds kernel
+  * (**FK**) Special frames kernels associated with the moon
+  * (**SPK**), (**FK**) Topocentric locations (SPK) and reference frame definitions (FK) for some earth stations
+  * (**DSK**) Digital Shape Kernels for a few small,irregularly shaped objects
+  * Star catalogs (PPM, Tycho2 and Hipparcos, in SPICE Type 1 format)