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 This is a suite of vector/matrix routines and various utilities that
 underpin the astronomy algorithms, which include routines for the
 following:
 .
  - Calendars
  - Time Scales
  - Earth rotation and sidereal time
  - Ephemerides (medium precision)
  - Geocentric/geodetic transformations
  - Precession, nutation, polar motion
  - Star space motion
  - Star catalogue conversion
 .
 This is the ANSI C version of the library.
 .
 The International Astronomical Union's SOFA service has the task of
 establishing and maintaining an accessible and authoritative set of
 algorithms and procedures that implement standard models used in
 fundamental astronomy.
 .
 This package contains the header files and the static library.