emolter / pylanetary

data processing and modeling tools for ring, moon, and planet observations
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navigation based on rings in nav.colocate #34

Open emolter opened 1 year ago

emolter commented 1 year ago

Add support for a third mode of nav.colocate that finds the planet's center based on cross-correlation between models and observations of planetary rings. This is useful because rings are often less time-variable than stormy planets, and they are also larger on the sky; together, this promises higher-accuracy centroiding.