satkit 0.2.6__tar.gz → 0.2.7__tar.gz

{satkit-0.2.6 → satkit-0.2.7}/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "satkit"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Satellite Toolkit"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ num-traits = "0.2"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 simba = "0.8"
 once_cell = "1.6.0"
-numpy = { version = "0.20.0", optional = true }
-pyo3 = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["extension-module"], optional = true }
+numpy = { version = "0.21.0", optional = true }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["extension-module"], optional = true }
 ureq = "2.9.1"
 json = "0.12.4"
 process_path = "0.1.4"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ process_path = "0.1.4"
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = { version = "1.0.74", features = ["parallel"] }
 chrono = "0.4.19"
-pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.20.0", optional = true }
+pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.21.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.5"

{satkit-0.2.6/python/satkit.egg-info → satkit-0.2.7}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: satkit
-Version: 0.2.6
+Version: 0.2.7
 Summary: Satellite Orbital Dynamics Toolkit
 Author-email: Steven Michael <ssmichael@gmail.com>
 Maintainer-email: Steven Michael <ssmichael@gmail.com>
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ An accurate, high-performance satellite orbital kinematics toolkit, written in R
 ![PyPI - Implementation](https://img.shields.io/pypi/implementation/satkit)
 ![PyPI - Status](https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/satkit)
 
+
+![Read the Docs](https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/satellite-toolkit)
+
 ## Language Bindings
 
 - **Native Rust** bindings
@@ -49,7 +52,6 @@ An accurate, high-performance satellite orbital kinematics toolkit, written in R
 
 ## Features
 
-- Timescale transformations (UTC, GPS, UT1, TBD, TT, ...)
 - High-precision coordinate transforms between:
   - International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)
   - Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF) using IAU-2000 reduction

{satkit-0.2.6 → satkit-0.2.7}/README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ An accurate, high-performance satellite orbital kinematics toolkit, written in R
 ![PyPI - Implementation](https://img.shields.io/pypi/implementation/satkit)
 ![PyPI - Status](https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/satkit)
 
+
+![Read the Docs](https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/satellite-toolkit)
+
 ## Language Bindings
 
 - **Native Rust** bindings
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ An accurate, high-performance satellite orbital kinematics toolkit, written in R
 
 ## Features
 
-- Timescale transformations (UTC, GPS, UT1, TBD, TT, ...)
 - High-precision coordinate transforms between:
   - International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)
   - Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF) using IAU-2000 reduction

{satkit-0.2.6 → satkit-0.2.7}/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "satkit"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 dependencies = ["numpy>=1.20.0"]
 requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 authors = [{ name = "Steven Michael", email = "ssmichael@gmail.com" }]
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ before-build = [
     "pip install -U setuptools-rust",
     "rustup default stable",
     "rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin",
+    "rustup target add x86_64-apple-darwin",
     "rustup show",
 ]
 environment = { PATH = "$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin" }

satkit-0.2.7/python/docs/source/conf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+# Jupyter Notebook documentation build configuration file, created by
+# sphinx-quickstart on Mon Apr 13 09:51:11 2015.
+#
+# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
+# containing dir.
+#
+# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
+# autogenerated file.
+#
+# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
+# serve to show the default.
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, "python/satkit")
+sys.path.insert(0, "../satkit")
+
+# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = [
+    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "sphinx.ext.doctest",
+    "autoapi.extension",
+    "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
+    "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
+    "sphinx.ext.mathjax",
+    "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting",
+    "nbsphinx",
+    "myst_parser",
+]
+
+autoapi_dirs = ["../../satkit"]
+autoapi_generate_api_docs = False
+autoapi_member_order = "bysource"
+
+
+myst_enable_extensions = ["html_image", "amsmath", "dollarmath"]
+myst_update_mathjax = False
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ["_templates"]
+
+
+# The suffix(es) of source filenames.
+# You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
+source_suffix = ['.md']
+
+# The encoding of source files.
+# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = "index"
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = "SatKit"
+copyright = "2024 Steven Michael"
+author = "Steven Michael (ssmichael@gmail.com)"
+
+# ghissue config
+github_project_url = "https://github.com/ssmichael1/satkit"
+
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+#
+#_version_py = os.path.join(here, "../../notebook/_version.py")
+#version_ns = {}
+#exec(compile(open(_version_py).read(), _version_py, "exec"), version_ns)  # noqa: S102, SIM115
+# The short X.Y version.
+##version = "%i.%i" % version_ns["version_info"][:2]
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+##release = version_ns["__version__"]
+version = "0.2.7"
+release = "0.2.7"
+
+# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+# for a list of supported languages.
+#
+# This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
+# Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
+language = "en"
+
+# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
+# non-false value, then it is used:
+# today = ''
+# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
+# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+exclude_patterns = [
+    "examples/Notebook/.ipynb_checkpoints",
+    "examples/Notebook/nbpackage/*.ipynb",
+    "examples/Notebook/nbpackage/nbs/*.ipynb",
+]
+
+# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
+# documents.
+# default_role = None
+
+# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
+# add_function_parentheses = True
+
+# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
+# unit titles (such as .. function::).
+# add_module_names = True
+
+# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
+# output. They are ignored by default.
+# show_authors = False
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+# pygments_style = "sphinx"
+
+# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
+# modindex_common_prefix = []
+
+# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
+# keep_warnings = False
+
+# If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
+todo_include_todos = False
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+# html_theme = "alabaster"
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
+# html_theme = "furo"
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
+# html_theme_path = []
+
+# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
+# "<project> v<release> documentation".
+# html_title = None
+
+# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
+# html_short_title = None
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+# html_logo = "examples/images/jupyter_logo.png"
+
+# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
+# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
+# pixels large.
+# html_favicon = None
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+# NOTE: Sphinx's 'make html' builder will throw a warning about an unfound
+#       _static directory. Do not remove or comment out html_static_path
+#       since it is needed to properly generate _static in the build directory
+html_static_path = ["source/_static"]
+
+# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
+# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
+# directly to the root of the documentation.
+# html_extra_path = []
+
+# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
+# using the given strftime format.
+# html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
+
+# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
+# typographically correct entities.
+# html_use_smartypants = True
+
+# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
+# html_sidebars = {}
+
+# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
+# template names.
+# html_additional_pages = {}
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+# html_domain_indices = True
+
+# If false, no index is generated.
+# html_use_index = True
+
+# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
+# html_split_index = False
+
+# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
+# html_show_sourcelink = True
+
+# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+# html_show_sphinx = True
+
+# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+# html_show_copyright = True
+
+# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
+# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
+# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
+# html_use_opensearch = ''
+
+# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
+# html_file_suffix = None
+
+# Language to be used for generating the HTML full-text search index.
+# Sphinx supports the following languages:
+#   'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'h', 'it', 'ja'
+#   'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'ro', 'r', 'sv', 'tr'
+# html_search_language = 'en'
+
+# A dictionary with options for the search language support, empty by default.
+# Now only 'ja' uses this config value
+# html_search_options = {'type': 'default'}
+
+# The name of a javascript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
+# implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used.
+# html_search_scorer = 'scorer.js'
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = "JupyterNotebookdoc"
+
+# This will ensure that we use the correctly set environment for canonical URLs
+# Old Read the Docs injections makes it point only to the default version,
+# for instance /en/stable/
+html_baseurl = os.environ.get("READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL", "/")
+
+# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
+
+latex_elements = {}
+
+# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title,
+#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
+latex_documents = [
+    (
+        master_doc,
+        "JupyterNotebook.tex",
+        "Jupyter Notebook Documentation",
+        "https://jupyter.org",
+        "manual",
+    ),
+]
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
+# the title page.
+# latex_logo = None
+
+# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
+# not chapters.
+# latex_use_parts = False
+
+# If true, show page references after internal links.
+# latex_show_pagerefs = False
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+# latex_show_urls = False
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+# latex_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+# latex_domain_indices = True
+
+
+# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
+
+# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
+# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
+man_pages = [(master_doc, "jupyternotebook", "Jupyter Notebook Documentation", [author], 1)]
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+# man_show_urls = False
+
+
+# -- Options for link checks ----------------------------------------------
+
+linkcheck_ignore = [r"http://127\.0\.0\.1/*"]
+
+
+# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
+
+# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title, author,
+#  dir menu entry, description, category)
+texinfo_documents = [
+    (
+        master_doc,
+        "JupyterNotebook",
+        "Jupyter Notebook Documentation",
+        author,
+        "JupyterNotebook",
+        "One line description of project.",
+        "Miscellaneous",
+    ),
+]
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+# texinfo_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+# texinfo_domain_indices = True
+
+# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
+# texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
+
+# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
+# texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
+
+intersphinx_mapping = {
+    "ipython": ("https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/", None),
+    "nbconvert": ("https://nbconvert.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
+    "nbformat": ("https://nbformat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
+    "jupyter": ("https://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
+}
+
+spelling_lang = "en_US"
+spelling_word_list_filename = "spelling_wordlist.txt"
+
+primary_domain = "python"
+highlight_language = "python"

satkit-0.2.7/python/satkit/__init__.pyi

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from .satkit import *
+
+
+from . import jplephem
+from . import frametransform
+from . import moon
+from . import sun
+from . import satprop
+from . import density
+from . import utils
+
+__all__ = [
+    "time",
+    "duration",
+    "timescale",
+    "quaternion",
+    "sgp4",
+    "gravmodel",
+    "gravity",
+    "nrlmsise00",
+    "solarsystem",
+    "TLE",
+    "itrfcoord",
+    "consts",
+    "frametransform",
+    "jplephem",
+    "utils",
+    "moon",
+    "sun",
+    "satprop",
+    "density",
+    "utils"
+]

satkit-0.2.7/python/satkit/frametransform.pyi

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+"""
+Transformations between coordinate frames, and associated utility functions
+
+Coordinate frame transforms are mostly pulled from Vallado:
+https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_satkitdynamics_and_Applic/PJLlWzMBKjkC?hl=en&gbpv=0
+
+or the IERS:
+https://www.iers.org/
+
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import typing
+import numpy.typing as npt
+import numpy as np
+
+import datetime
+
+def gmst(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> float | npt.ArrayLike[np.float]:
+    """Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time
+
+    Notes:
+        * GMST is the angle between the vernal equinox and the Greenwich meridian
+        * Vallado algorithm 15
+        * GMST = 67310.5481 + (876600h + 8640184.812866) * tᵤₜ₁ * (0.983104 + tᵤₜ₁ * −6.2e−6)
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): scalar, list, or numpy array of astro.time or datetime.datetime representing time at which to calculate output
+
+    Returns:
+        float | npt.ArrayLike[np.float]: Greenwich Mean Sideral Time, radians, at intput time(s)
+    """
+
+
+def gast(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> float | npt.ArrayLike[np.float]:
+    """ Greenwich Apparent Sideral Time
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): scalar, list, or numpy array of astro.time or datetime.datetime representing time at which to calculate output
+
+    Returns:
+        float | npt.ArrayLike[np.float]: Greenwich apparant sidereal time, radians, at input time(s)    
+    """
+
+def earth_rotation_angle(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> float | npt.ArrayLike[np.float]:
+    """Earth Rotation Angle
+
+    Notes:
+        * See: IERS Technical Note 36, Chapter 5, Equation 5.15
+        * Calculation Details:
+            * Let t be UT1 Julian date
+            * let f be fractional component of t (fraction of day)
+            * ERA = 2𝜋 ((0.7790572732640 + f + 0.00273781191135448 * (t - 2451545.0))
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time|datetime.datetime|list|numpy.array): Time[s] at which to calculate Earth Rotation Angle
+
+    Returns:
+        float|numpy.array: Earth Rotation Angle at input time[s] in radians
+    """
+
+def qitrf2tirs(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """Rotation from Terrestrial Intermediate Reference System to Celestial Intermediate Reference Systems
+    
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from ITRF to TIRS at input time(s)
+    """
+
+def qcirs2gcrf(tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+    ) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """ Rotation from Celestial Intermediate Reference System to Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from CIRS to GCRF at input time(s)
+    """
+
+
+def qtirs2cirs(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """Rotation from Terrestrial Intermediate Reference System (TIRS) to the Celestial Intermediate Reference System (CIRS)
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+    
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from TIRS to CIRS at input time(s)
+    """
+
+def qgcrf2itrf_approx(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """Quaternion representing approximate rotation from the Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF) to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)
+
+    Notes:
+        * Accurate to approx. 1 arcsec
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+        
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from GCRF to ITRF at input time(s)
+    """
+
+
+def qitrf2gcrf_approx(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """Quaternion representing approximate rotation from the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) to the Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF)
+
+    Notes: 
+        * Accurate to approx. 1 arcsec
+    
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from ITRF to GCRF at input time(s)
+    """
+
+
+def qgcrf2itrf(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """Quaternion representing rotation from the Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF) to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)
+
+    Notes:
+        * Uses full IAU2010 Reduction
+        * See IERS Technical Note 36, Chapter 5
+        * Does not include solid tides, ocean tides
+        * Very computationally expensive
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from GCRF to ITRF at input time(s)
+    """
+
+def qitrf2gcrf(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """Quaternion representing rotation from the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) to the Geocentric Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF)
+
+    Notes:
+        * Uses full IAU2010 Reduction
+        * See IERS Technical Note 36, Chapter 5
+        * Does not include solid tides, ocean tides
+        * Very computationally expensive
+    
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from ITRF to GCRF at input time(s)
+    """
+
+
+def qteme2itrf(
+    tm: time | npt.ArrayLike[time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime],
+) -> quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]:
+    """ Quaternion representing rotation from the True Equator Mean Equinox (TEME) frame to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)
+
+    Notes:
+        * This is equation 3-90 in Vallado
+        * TEME is the output frame of the SGP4 propagator used to compute position from two-line element sets.
+
+    Args:
+        tm (satkit.time | npt.ArrayLike[satkit.time] | datetime.datetime | npt.ArrayLike[datetime.datetime]): Time[s] at which to calculate the quaternion
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternion | npt.ArrayLike[quaternion]: Quaternion representing rotation from TEME to ITRF at input time(s)
+    """
+
+
+def earth_orientation_params(time: time) -> tuple[float, float, float, float] | None:
+    """Get Earth Orientation Parameters at given instant
+
+    Args:
+        time (satkit.time): Instant at which to query parameters
+
+    Returns:
+        (float, float, float, float, float, float) | None: Tuple with following elements:
+            0 : (UT1 - UTC) in seconds
+            1 : X polar motion in arcsecs
+            2 : Y polar motion in arcsecs
+            3 : LOD: instantaneous rate of change in (UT1-UTC), msec/day
+            4 : dX wrt IAU-2000A nutation, milli-arcsecs
+            5 : dY wrt IAU-2000A nutation, milli-arcsecs
+            
+    """