NASA Open APIs

NASA Open APIs SBDB API

The SBDB API from NASA Open APIs — 2 operation(s) for sbdb.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /sbdb.api Small Body Database Lookup #
GET /sbdb_query.api Small Body Database Query #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/DONKI/
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Documentation
https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
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Documentation
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
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Documentation
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
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Documentation
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
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Documentation
https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
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Documentation
https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://techport.nasa.gov/api
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Documentation
https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/
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Documentation
https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
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Documentation
https://genelab.nasa.gov/genelab-help/genelab-api
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Documentation
https://trek.nasa.gov/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/nasa-gov-sbdb-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apod-schema.json

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/SpaceRocks/NeoWs
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SourceCode
https://github.com/chrisccerami/mars-photo-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/NASA-Image-and-Video-Library
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Portal
https://technology.nasa.gov/

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OpenAPI Specification

nasa-gov-sbdb-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NASA SSD/CNEOS SBDB API
  description: 'Solar System Dynamics (SSD) and Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) APIs at JPL. Provides

    authoritative orbital, physical, and risk data for small bodies including close approach data, small

    body database lookup and query, Sentry impact risk, Fireball atmospheric events, NHATS human-accessible

    targets, mission design, and scout.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: JPL Solar System Dynamics
    url: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
  license:
    name: US Government Work (Public Domain)
servers:
- url: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov
tags:
- name: SBDB
paths:
  /sbdb.api:
    get:
      summary: Small Body Database Lookup
      operationId: sbdbLookup
      tags:
      - SBDB
      parameters:
      - name: sstr
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: spk
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: des
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: full-prec
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: phys-par
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: discovery
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: ca-data
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: virtual-impactor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: alt-spk
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: alt-des
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: alt-orbits
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: r-notes
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: r-observer
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Small body record.
  /sbdb_query.api:
    get:
      summary: Small Body Database Query
      operationId: sbdbQuery
      tags:
      - SBDB
      parameters:
      - name: fields
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sb-kind
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sb-group
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sb-class
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sb-ns
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: full-prec
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tabular SBDB query response.