PDS_VERSION_ID          = PDS3                                                
RECORD_TYPE             = STREAM                                              
                                                                              
OBJECT                  = TEXT                                                
   INTERCHANGE_FORMAT   = ASCII                                               
   PUBLICATION_DATE     = 2014-07-01                                          
   NOTE                 = "LS-Kernel Information"                             
END_OBJECT              = TEXT                                                
                                                                              
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General information about SPICE LS-kernels                                    
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   In the SPICE system, the Leapsecond (LSK) -Kernel contains a               
   tabulation of leapseconds and the values of other constants required       
   to perform a transformation between Universal Time Coordinated (UTC)       
   and Ephemeris time (ET). Leapseconds occur only at the New Year or         
   the end of June. The user should check with NAIF/JPL regularly to          
   keep up to date about leapseconds.                                         
                                                                              
   The information in an LSK file can be manipulated by a collection of       
   subroutines that are part of the SPICELIB library, the major component     
   of the NAIF Toolkit. These subroutines can be integrated into user         
   application programs. Information about obtaining the SPICE Toolkit        
   is located in the "software" subdirectory of the main directory of         
   this dataset.                                                              
                                                                              
   Refer to the Time Required Reading (time.req) document provided with       
   the toolkit or available from the NAIF Node of the PDS, to get more        
   information about time conversions supported within the SPICE              
   system.                                                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
New Horizons LS-kernel contained in this directory                            
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   The generic LSK file naming schema is as follows:                          
                                                                              
      naifVVVV.tls                                                            
                                                                              
   where                                                                      
                                                                              
      VVVV   is the version of the file (example: "0008" is version 8);       
                                                                              
   The LSK file with the highest version number (0010 is higher than 0009)    
   is typically the latest generic SPICE LSK file distributed by NAIF/JPL     
   at the time when this data set was created.                                
                                                                              
                                                                              
Kernel File Details                                                           
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   The most detailed description of the data in an LSK file is provided       
   in metadata included inside the descriptive text areas within the          
   file. This information can be viewed using any text editor.