poliastro 0.4, Astrodynamics in Python

[Juan Luis Cano]

Hello all,

I am very pleased to announce poliastro 0.4.0, a MIT licensed, pure
Python library for studying Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics problems!

https://poliastro.github.io/

This release several new features:

* Angle conversion functions
* Equinoctial elements
* Numerical propagation
* Python 3.5 and NumPy 1.10 compatibility

You can install it using either pip or conda:

    $ pip install poliastro

    $ conda install poliastro --channel poliastro

If you want to see an overview of poliastro capabilities, check out this
IPython notebook describing how to plot the trajectory of rover
Curiosity to Mars:

http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/poliastro/poliastro/blob/0.4.x/examples/Going%20to%20Mars%20with%20Python%20using%20poliastro.ipynb

poliastro is an open source collection of Python subroutines for solving
problems in Astrodynamics and Orbital Mechanics. It combines cutting
edge technologies like Python JIT compiling (using numba) with young,
well developed astronomy packages (like astropy and jplephem) to provide
a user friendly API for solving Astrodynamics problems. It is therefore
a experiment to mix the best Python open source practices with my love
for Orbital Mechanics.

The User Guide explains the basic use of the library and examples are
provided in the form of IPython notebooks. See the "What's new" document
and the GitHub log for a complete list of
changes.

https://poliastro.github.io/changelog.html#new-in-poliastro-0-4-0

The project is still a work in progress and the codebase is subject to
change.

Contributions, bug reports, suggestions and advice are more than welcome!

https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/issues

Best regards,

Juan Luis Cano