See https://astrogreg.com/jpl-ephemeris-format/jpl-ephemeris-format.html for an inciteful explanation of the ASCII JPL files. The JPL ephemerides are available by ftp ftp ssd.jpl.nasa.gov user: anonymous psw: email address cd pub cd eph choice of planets, satellites, small_bodies, spacecraft cd planets cd ascii choose: de440t Mar 04 2021 to have time included in the data files. The file for 1950 to 2050 and the header file are here for your convenience, or can be downloaded from the JPL site. Both files (or ones of your chosing) should be in the current working directory when you execute jpl_ephemeris.jl