{Copyright (C) 1997, 2019 by Han Kleijn, www.hnsky.org
email: han.k.. at...hnsky.org
The ephemeride calculation for the planets, comets and numerical integration is based on source code which is
copyright (C) 1998 by Springer-Nature, Berlin Heidelberg and originates the code described in the book
Astronomy on the Personal Computer, ISBN 3-540-63521-1 3rd edition 1998. Authors Oliver Montenbruck and Thomas Pleger.
Reproduced with written permission of SNCSC (Springer-Nature) dated 2019-3-27 under the conditions specified in the letter below.
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