Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: mpc-obscodes
Version: 2023.4.27
Summary: Minor Planet Center Observatory Codes
Author-email: B612 Asteroid Institute <info@b612foundation.org>
Requires-Python: >=3.7
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Provides-Extra: tests
Requires-Dist: pytest ; extra == 'tests'

# Minor Planet Center Observatory Codes

This package ships the Minor Planet Center's [file](https://minorplanetcenter.net/Extended_Files/obscodes_extended.json.gz) of observatory codes and their geodetic coordinates.

This is not an official MPC package. It is an automatically generated mirror of the file so that it is 
installable via `pip`.

## Installation

The latest version of the file can be install via pip:  
`pip install mpc_obscodes`

## Usage
```python
import pandas as pd
from mpc_obscodes import mpc_obscodes

obscodes = pd.read_json(mpc_obscodes, orient="index")
```

## Acknowledgment

This research has made use of data and/or services provided by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.

See the Minor Planet Center's [website](https://cgi.minorplanetcenter.net/) for more details.
