Compute distance on target without an explicit frame
In some cases, a target body can be defined without a FRAME_<ID>_NAME
nor a valid spice.cidfrm(<ID>)
.
In theses cases, it is not possible to compute the position of the observer in the target frame (as expected), but it is possible compute it's position in the observer frame.
>>> tour = TourConfig(mk='plan', spacecraft='Juice', target='3I/ATLAS')
>>> traj = tour['2025-09-01':'2025-11-30':'1 day']
>>> traj.dist
KeyError: '`FRAME_1004083_NAME` was not found in the kernel pool.'
In theses cases it should be possible to compute the relative distance between the two body without raising a KeyError
.
One way to work around this issue is to use traj.distance_to()
method with the target name:
>>> traj.distance_to('3I/ATLAS')
[4.83236569e+08, ...]
Related issue: #85 (to support trajectory without observer)
Edited by benoit seignovert