The Orekit Python Wrapper is a thin wrapper on top of the java Orekit library.
## Orekit
*[Orekit documentation](https://www.orekit.org/site-orekit-development/) has tutorials and descriptions.
*[Orekit API](https://www.orekit.org/site-orekit-development/apidocs/) contains the library description. The current Orekit Python Wrapper is based on the stable release 6.1 orekit.
## Orekit Python Wrapper
There are a few functions in the orekit.pyhelpers module that can simplify the usage. See [Examples](examples) for usage of the `setup_orekit_curdir()` function.
The Orekit Python Wrapper is based on [JCC](http://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/jcc/features.html) which has some useful information about casting of classes etc.
See the [FAQ](faq) for specific issues.
## Python
There are lots of Python documentation online, for scientific usage one good starting point is [scipy-lectures](https://scipy-lectures.github.io/)
[Anaconda Python distribution documentation](http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/index.html)
