Quantum Astronomy Group

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On my MAC I downloaded pinpoint and moved it to /usr/local/bin, had to chmod to make it executable.

(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)