grss.fit.fit_utils.get_sbdb_elems

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grss.fit.fit_utils.get_sbdb_elems#

grss.fit.fit_utils.get_sbdb_elems(tdes, cov_elems=True)#

Get a set of desired elements for small body from SBDB API

Parameters:
  • tdes (str) – IMPORTANT: must be the designation of the small body, not the name.

  • cov_elems (bool, optional) – Boolean for whether to extract element set corresponding to the covariance information (since the nominal set on the webpage might have a different epoch than the full covariance info), by default True

Returns:

elements – Dictionary containing desired cometary elements for the small body

Return type:

dict