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Welcome to the IMCCE Virtual Observatory Solar System portal
(Click the figure to access the service of your choice, or navigate through the services with the menu above)
The IMCCE VO projectThe first stage of VO-IMCCE project consisted, in 2003, to carry out an interconnection between VizieR (CDS) and the IMCCE service of calculation of ephemerides for the asteroids. In 2004, we began the development of tools and services in the framework of the Virtual Observatory. In particular, we carried out the development of the SkyBoT service of research and identification of solar system bodies in an unspecified area of the sky. This service was put in production in January 2006 through the VO portal Aladin (CDS), through Web service and query forms on the IMCCE web site, and through various softwares (WCS tools, Audela).
In 2006 and 2007, we undertook the development of five other VO services of which we constructed prototypes. They will be put gradually in production between 2008 and 2010. The figure above shows the main services that are proposed on the portal.
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The VO Solar System Portal could be developed thanks to the efforts of the international astronomical community, through the International Virtual Observatory alliance (IVOA), which led to the construction of the Virtual Observatory. We are thankful, in particular, for the technical and human assistance brought by the European Virtual Observatory (EURO-VO) project and the Centre de Données astronomique de Strasbourg (CDS).
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The Miriade ephemeris service and the SsoDNet Information System are supported by the Europlanet project, a four-year Coordination Action supported by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme. Miriade is part of the contribution of IMCCE to the Infrastructure Development for Supporting Planetary Missions (JRA1). SsoDNet is developed by the VO-Paris team involved in the Planetary Dynamics and Extraterrestrial Matter node (JRA4) of the Integrated and Distributed Information Service of Europlanet project.
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