BepiColombo PCK files
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     This ``aareadme.txt'' file describes the contents of the kernels/pck
     directory of the BepiColombo SPICE data server.

     It was last modified on November 20th, 2018 by Marc Costa Sitja, ESAC/ESA.


Contact Information
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     If you have any questions regarding this directory or its
     contents, please contact the ESA SPICE Service at ESAC:

             Marc Costa Sitja
             (+34) 91-8131-457
             mcosta@sciops.esa.int, esa_spice@sciops.esa.int

             Bjoern Grieger
             (+34) 91-8131-107
             bgrieger@sciops.esa.int, esa_spice@sciops.esa.int

      
References and required readings
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     1. ``PCK Required Reading'', NAIF
   
     2. ``NAIF Integer ID Codes Required Reading,'' NAIF

          
Brief Summary
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     This directory contains generic and mission-specific SPICE Planetary
     Constants Kernel files for the BepiColombo mission. The data in these
     kernels correspond to the best knowledge of the orientation, size and
     shape of Mars, its satellites and the Earth.
   

File naming conventions
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   Naming Scheme for Generic PCKs
 
     The naming scheme for generic PCKs is:
 
           pckNNNNN.tpc
 
     where
 
           NNNNN    version number (required)(e.g. 00010);
 
                    If multiple versions of a generic PCK Kernel file are
                    provided, always use the latest version (unless an
                    earlier version is needed for some special reasons.)
 
 
   Naming Scheme for Earth high-precision PCKs
 
     The naming scheme for the Earth high-precision PCKs is:
 
           earth_SDAT_EDAT_PDAT.bpc
    
     where
     
           SDAT     is the file's coverage start time in YYMMDD format;
           
           EDAT     is the file's coverage end time in YYMMDD format;
           
           PDAT     is the date from which the information contained
                    in the file corresponds to predicted data. Any data
                    prior to this date corresponds to actual measurements.


Other directory contents
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     aareadme.txt         This file.
   

Particulars
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     Nothing to report.


Kernel File Details
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     The most detailed description of the data in a text PCK file is
     provided in metadata included inside the descriptive text areas
     of the file. This information can be viewed using any text
     editor.
     
     For binary PCK files, this description is provided in metadata
     included inside the comment area of the file. This information
     can be viewed using the utility programs COMMNT and SPACIT
     included in the NAIF Toolkit.


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