The Swiss Ephemeris (version 2.10.03) is a high precision ephemeris based upon the DE431 ephemerides from NASA's JPL. It covers the time range 13201 BCE to 17191 CE. This package uses the semi-analytic theory by Steve Moshier. For faster and more accurate calculations, the compressed Swiss Ephemeris data is available in the 'swephRdata' package. To access this data package, run 'install.packages("swephRdata", repos = "https://rstub.r-universe.dev", type = "source")'. The size of the 'swephRdata' package is approximately 115 MB. The user can also use the original JPL DE431 data.

Author

Maintainer: Ralf Stubner ralf.stubner@gmail.com

Authors:

  • Victor Reijs

  • Authors and copyright holder of the Swiss Ephemeris [copyright holder]