gmn_python_api.iau_showers#

The module contains functions for retrieving IAU meteor shower information.

Module Contents#

Functions#

get_iau_showers()

Gets the official list of IAU shower numbers, codes and names.

Attributes#

IAU_SHOWERS_LIST_URL

The url that contains the list of IAU shower information.

gmn_python_api.iau_showers.IAU_SHOWERS_LIST_URL = 'https://www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/Etc/streamfulldata.txt'#

The url that contains the list of IAU shower information.

gmn_python_api.iau_showers.get_iau_showers()#

Gets the official list of IAU shower numbers, codes and names.

Returns:

A dictionary, where the key is the shower number, of dictionaries containing the IAU shower information.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError if the source server doesn’t return a 200 response.

Return type:

Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]