Re: JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE405
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- Subject: Re: JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE405
- From: Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:34:36 +0100
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jonathon <jonathon.blake@gmail.com> writes:
>> Data is fundamentally different from software: for example, there is
>> no "source code" for DE405.
>
> The source code for the ephemeris is physical observations of the stars,
> planets, and other bodies in it.
Source code is an entity, but observation is an activity, so it cannot
be source code.
Cheers
Ole
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