get_body_gravitational_parameter

pride.astro.get_body_gravitational_parameter(target: str) → float

Get gravitational parameter of target from SPICE kernels

Uses spice.bodvrd to retrieve the gravitational parameter of the target in the loaded version of the SPICE kernels. The result is transformed to SI units.

Parameters:

target – Target name known to SPICE

Return mu_target:

Gravitational parameter of the target in SI units