Welcome to the GRSS docs!#
GRSS (pronounced “grass”), the Gauss-Radau Small-body Simulator is a Python package with a C++ binding for propagating and fitting the orbits of small bodies in the solar system, such as asteroids and comets.
If you use GRSS in your research, please cite at least one of the following:
Makadia et al. (2024), “Measurability of the Heliocentric Momentum Enhancement from a Kinetic Impact: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission”, Planetary Science Journal, 5, 38.
Makadia et al. (2023), “GRSS: An open-source small-body science tool for planetary defense”, 55th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences.
Continue reading on the following pages to learn more about the library:
Acknowledgements#
GRSS Development Team:
Rahil Makadia
Steven R. Chesley
Siegfried Eggl
Davide Farnocchia
The GRSS library was developed by Rahil Makadia as part of his PhD dissertation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This work was supported by a NASA Space Technologies Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) Fellowship, Grant #80NSSC22K1173. Rahil would like to thank his advisor, Dr. Siegfried Eggl as well as his collaborators, Dr. Steven R. Chesley, and Dr. Davide Farnocchia for their guidance and support.