spicekit: a small Rust SPICE reader
spicekit is a pure-Rust reader for the SPICE kernel formats that came out of adam-core. Here's a tour.
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Measuring asteroid rotation periods in adam-core
A tour of the new rotation-period subsystem in adam-core - the joint multi-band Fourier fit, the staged frequency search, and the measured single_period / period_family / insufficient_data verdict, calibrated against LCDB, DAMIT, and Rubin's first asteroid discoveries.
Nate ·
July 7, 2026