NASA · Schema

EPIC Image

An Earth image from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) on DSCOVR.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
identifier	string	Unique identifier for the image.
caption	string	Caption describing the image.
image	string	Image filename without extension.
version	string	Version identifier.
date	string	Date and time the image was taken.
centroid_coordinates	object	Geographic coordinates of the image center.
dscovr_j2000_position	object
lunar_j2000_position	object
sun_j2000_position	object
attitude_quaternions	object

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JSON Schema

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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/nasa/blob/main/json-schema/epic-image.json",
  "title": "EPIC Image",
  "description": "An Earth image from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) on DSCOVR.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "identifier": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the image."
    },
    "caption": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Caption describing the image."
    },
    "image": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Image filename without extension."
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Version identifier."
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date and time the image was taken."
    },
    "centroid_coordinates": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": { "type": "number" },
        "lon": { "type": "number" }
      },
      "description": "Geographic coordinates of the image center."
    },
    "dscovr_j2000_position": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/position"
    },
    "lunar_j2000_position": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/position"
    },
    "sun_j2000_position": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/position"
    },
    "attitude_quaternions": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "q0": { "type": "number" },
        "q1": { "type": "number" },
        "q2": { "type": "number" },
        "q3": { "type": "number" }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["identifier", "image", "date"],
  "$defs": {
    "position": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "x": { "type": "number" },
        "y": { "type": "number" },
        "z": { "type": "number" }
      }
    }
  }
}